{"id":3658,"date":"2011-05-23T13:30:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T19:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2011-05-23T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T19:30:24","slug":"deadliest-tornado-since-1953-strikes-joplin-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/natural-disasters\/deadliest-tornado-since-1953-strikes-joplin-missouri\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadliest tornado since 1953 strikes Joplin, Missouri"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/scenes-of-destruction-played-out-joplin-mo-after-tornado-strikes-picture\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cars and debris are strewn about in front of the devastated St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. (Twitpic \/ borntorunnergrl)\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/_qM6V6-HRzM0\/TdqzWZwIJ1I\/AAAAAAAAEjs\/2_UBfVDz5Og\/s288\/2011-05-23_052929.jpg\" alt=\"Cars and debris are strewn about in front of the devastated St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. (Twitpic \/ borntorunnergrl)\" width=\"288\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars and debris are strewn about in front of the devastated St. John&#39;s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. Click the image to view a slideshow of the devastation. (Twitpic \/ borntorunnergrl)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following on last month\u2019s devastating bout of severe weather the month of May had started out much quieter.\u00a0 That silence from Mother Nature however was shattered yesterday as a massive tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri killing at least 89 people.<\/p>\n<p>Late afternoon brought storm clouds to southwestern Missouri and a tornado warning soon sounded.\u00a0 Residents of Joplin had 20 minutes to find cover before the massive tornado struck the heart of town.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Scroll down for amazing video of the Joplin tornado as it grows with amazing speed. \u00a0Also be sure to check out the slideshow of images of the devastation.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As frightened residents huddled in basements and bathrooms, the twister destroyed as much as 75% of the town.\u00a0 The high school, regional medical center, an elementary school as well as thousands of other homes and businesses were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The human toll from the tornado was devastating.\u00a0 At latest report 89 people were killed and emergency crews continue to search for survivors as the death toll is expected to climb.<\/p>\n<p>Not since June 9, 1953 has a deadlier single tornado been responsible for so much death.\u00a0 As is, the Joplin tornado <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/tornado-statistics-top-25-deadliest-tornadoes-u-s-history\">would rank as the 21st deadliest tornado in the history of the United States<\/a>.\u00a0 In all likelihood it will climb further up the rankings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/scenes-of-destruction-played-out-joplin-mo-after-tornado-strikes-picture\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" title=\"Slideshow: Scenes of destruction played out in Joplin, MO after tornado strikes. (Examiner.com)\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/_qM6V6-HRzM0\/TdqzZJd8AkI\/AAAAAAAAEjw\/In2uY4aV8UY\/s800\/2011-05-23_131930.jpg\" alt=\"Slideshow: Scenes of destruction played out in Joplin, MO after tornado strikes. (Examiner.com)\" width=\"214\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Guard has been activated by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to help with recovery efforts.\u00a0 Relief agencies across the nation were deploying personnel and supplies to assist as well.<\/p>\n<p>The tornado that struck Joplin was part of a larger set of storms that struck multiple states on Sunday. \u00a0In all, 48 tornadoes were reported including one near Minneapolis that claimed the life of one person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More from the Natural Disasters Examiner:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/joplin-missouri-becomes-ground-zero-for-severe-weather-as-tornado-kills-scores\">Joplin, Missouri becomes ground zero for severe weather as tornado kills scores<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/tornado-statistics-top-25-deadliest-tornadoes-u-s-history\">Tornado statistics: Top 25 deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/video-captures-sheer-terror-of-residents-as-tornado-rips-apart-joslin-missouri\">Video captures sheer terror of residents as tornado rips apart Joplin, Missouri<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"580\" height=\"330\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2rAos8n4Mew?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"580\" height=\"330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2rAos8n4Mew?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on last month\u2019s devastating bout of severe weather the month of May had started out much quieter.\u00a0 That silence from Mother Nature however was shattered yesterday as a massive tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri killing at least 89 people. Late afternoon brought storm clouds to southwestern Missouri and a tornado warning soon sounded.\u00a0 Residents &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/natural-disasters\/deadliest-tornado-since-1953-strikes-joplin-missouri\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Deadliest tornado since 1953 strikes Joplin, Missouri<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[511,387,367,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3660,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions\/3660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}