Husband Dies Saving Wife From Joplin Tornado

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A woman speaks to Brian Williams of NBC News about how her husband save her from the Joplin, Missouri Tornado. While her husband saved her the tornado took the mans life. This sad story comes just 3 days after the tornado hit Joplin, the death toll from that specific tornado has risen to 116 people.

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No greater love hath a man then him who is willing to lay down his life for his family.

 

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Many still unaccounted for in Joplin, Mo....

232 Unaccounted for Four days After Joplin Tornado
Thursday, May 26, 2011 — More than 230 people remain unaccounted for four days after the deadliest single tornado in more than six decades tore through the middle of Joplin, Missouri officials said Thursday.

Andrea Spillars, deputy director and general counsel for the Missouri Department of Public Safety, said a list of the 232 names will be released later Thursday. She urged survivors to check in. Officials said previously they believe people who are unaccounted for aren't necessarily dead or trapped in debris. They say many are probably safe and but failed to tell friends and family where they are. Cell phone service in Joplin remains spotty.

"Our goal is to get that number to zero," Spillars said of the missing. "We will dedicate as much state resources as needed around the clock to ensure those family who have loved ones that they cannot find are connected." The death toll rose Wednesday to 125 people, and officials have estimated more than 900 were injured. Spillars said officials know some of the people on the missing list are dead, but she wouldn't say how many. Some of the 125 bodies already found have not been identified.

Search-and-rescue teams have made multiple sweeps through the destruction, using dozens of dogs and listening devices in hopes of picking up the faint sound of anyone still alive beneath the collapsed homes and businesses. No new survivors have been pulled from the rubble since Tuesday. Among those still missing is 16-year-old Lantz Hare. He was driving with a friend who said the two tried to take cover in the parking lot of a grocery store. The tornado shattered the windows and crumpled the car, and Lantz's father, Mike Hare, found his son's backpack in the wreckage.

Mike Hare has called hospitals from Dallas to Kansas City and taken dozens of calls offering advice, prayers and hopeful tips. None of the calls came from Lantz or offered any hope he might still be alive. But Hare said he'll keep searching until he finds his son. "We know he's hurt somewhere," Hare said Wednesday, his voice breaking. "We just can't sit and keep calling. You've got to be moving."

232 Unaccounted for Four days After Joplin Tornado | CNSnews.com

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Anguished hunt continues for scores missing after tornado in southern US
Fri, May 27, 2011 - Rescue teams and anguished families on Wednesday were desperately searching for nearly 1,500 people listed as missing since a tornado ripped through a Missouri town, killing at least 125 residents.

However, hopes of finding more survivors were fading as the third day of painstaking searches through the devastated homes of Joplin found no one in the rubble — either dead or alive. Officials are hoping that many of the missing have simply failed to check in with friends or family, but they also caution that the death toll is sure to rise given the incredible scope of destruction. In what is one of the worst tornado seasons on record after a series of twisters killed hundreds in southern US states last month, Sunday’s twister in Joplin is now the worst single tornado to strike America in six decades. The massive twister tore apart everything it touched along a path 6km long and more than 1km wide in this city of 50,000.

Heartbreaking stories were -being replayed hourly on the local radio and on social networking sites as people searched for their loved ones, including panicked parents separated from their children. The family of 16-month-old Skyular Logsdon launched an anxious search using the social network Facebook for the baby boy ripped from his mother’s arms by the powerful winds. Teenager Lantz Hare is also missing since being out driving with friends when the massive funnel cloud, with winds of up to 320kph, hit Joplin with devastating force.

The American Red Cross has set up a Web site for people to list the names of the missing, but they have had little success so far reuniting families. Assistant shelter manager Amanda Marshall is among them — her four-year-old niece and the girl’s grandparents were nowhere to be found when her brother discovered the bodies of his wife and other daughter. Further complicating matters is the fact that officials have not released the names of the dead. More than 8,000 structures in this town bordering the heartland states of Kansas and Oklahoma were damaged or destroyed when the twister came roaring through with just a 24 minute warning.

In yet another tragedy, more twisters hit Oklahoma late on Tuesday, killing at least eight people. “We’ve got pretty extensive damage across the state,” emergency management director for Canadian County Jerry Smith said. US President Barack Obama, on a visit to London, again sent his condolences to the people of Missouri, ahead of a visit to the area on Sunday. “We have been battered by some storms. Not just this week, but over the last several months. The largest death toll and devastation we have ever seen from tornadoes in the United States of America,” he said. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced plans for a community memorial service on Sunday as he vowed to do everything possible to help residents recover and rebuild.

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Worst I can ever remember...

2011 now deadliest year for tornadoes since 1950
28 May`11 — The death toll from the monster tornado last week in Missouri has risen by three to at least 142, Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr said during a news conference Saturday. That makes this the deadliest year for tornadoes since 1950, based on an assessment of figures from the National Weather Service.

The tornado death toll for 2011 is now 523. Until now, the highest recorded death toll in a single year was 519 in 1953. There were deadlier storms before 1950, but those counts were based on estimates and not on precise figures. Missouri says the number of people still unaccounted for since the Joplin tornado is now at 100. State Department of Public Safety deputy director Andrea Spillars said Saturday that within that number, nine people have been reported dead by their families, but state officials are working to confirm. She said that the temporary morgue has 142 human remains, but that includes partial remains. "Some of those remains may be the same person," she said, adding that officials are trying to use scientific means rather than relying on relatives giving visual identifications.

The state has been working to pare down the list of people missing and unaccounted for in the wake of the deadliest single U.S. twister in more than six decades. Rohr acknowledged Friday afternoon that there may be "significant overlap" between the confirmed dead and the remainder of the missing list. Still, search and rescue crews were undeterred, with 600 volunteers and 50 dog teams out again across the city. "We're going to be in a search and rescue mode until we remove the last piece of debris," Rohr said. The tornado — an EF-5 packing 200 mph winds — was the deadliest since 1950 and more than 900 people were injured. Tallying and identifying the dead and the missing has proven a complex, delicate and sometimes confusing exercise for both authorities and loved ones.

Earlier Saturday, a family member said that a teenager believed to be ejected or sucked from his father's car on the way home from graduation in the massive tornado has been confirmed dead. Will Norton's aunt, Tracey Presslor, said Saturday that the family received confirmation of his death late Friday night. Family members had previously told the Associated Press that Norton and his father were still on the road when the storm hit. Mark Norton urged his son to pull over, but the teen's Hummer H3 flipped several times, throwing the young man from the vehicle, likely through the sunroof. Several social-networking efforts specifically focused on finding information about Norton.

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Poor people

 

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Joplin Mo. tornado death toll keeps risin'...

Death Toll From US Tornado Rises to 142
May 28, 2011 - The death toll from one of the deadliest tornadoes to ever hit the United States rose to 142 Saturday, as rescue crews sifted through the rubble to search for those still unaccounted for.

Officials say 100 people are missing in the central U.S. city of Joplin, Missouri, which was struck last Sunday by a strong tornado. They say the bodies of some victims are so badly damaged it will be necessary to use DNA and dental records to identify them.

On Sunday, U.S. President Barack Obama plans to travel to Joplin to speak with people affected by the tornado and discuss response efforts with local officials. He has pledged the government will do everything it can to help people recover and rebuild.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has declared Sunday a "State Day of Prayer and Remembrance." The newly identified victims included teenager Will Norton. Family members had been searching for him until late Friday. They said he had been sucked out of his father's vehicle as the pair drove home from Norton's high school graduation ceremony.

The tornado tore through Joplin with winds topping 300 kilometers an hour, tearing apart homes and buildings, crushing cars and snapping trees. The National Weather Service says the tornado was the deadliest to hit the U.S. since 1947. This has been the deadliest year in the United States for tornadoes since 1950.

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