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Joplin tornado 2011 pictures8/24/2023 NY Times article for those that do not know what is going on Īproximently happened at 6:40 Pm Central Time Tons of picture taken right after the storm, all very good quality. If you guys want i will upload those pictures and videos and post them here or create a new post. While i'm there i'll also being recording some video and taking some pictures. I will be helping clean up crews and handing out supplies. I will be heading up there tomorrow morning with a group (already approved by the city). If your in the area and would like to volunteer to help, call the numbers within this link If you want to help you can either donate here it will all go to Joplin. They will most likely get a hold of you before you get a hold of them. Almost all cell phone service is down, there. The Mercy Hospital Joplin was also rebuilt and opened its doors in March 2015 and in 2017 the Kansas City University of Medicine andīiosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine was also opened.I do not know if this applies to anyone but if you are trying to reach family there and not getting an answer, don't panic. By September 2014 all of the destroyed elementary schools, as well as Joplin High School, had been returned to Rebuilding hundreds of homes and apartments. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and HUD’s Community Development Block Grant program together with donations from all over the world led to repairing and With the help from more than a dozen Federal agencies, federal and state disaster assistance, as well as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of The disposal of the three million cubic yards of residential debris. In this calculations are included all the commercial and residential property affected, the demolition of condemned properties and The actual cost of the Joplin tornado, from information provided by the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration, wasĬalculated to be $2.8 billion. On top of all this, beautifulĬity parks, transportation infrastructure including streets, sidewalks, lights, signals, and signs were also demolished. Vans, buses, and semis were crushed beyond recognition or tossed up several blocks away and some owners never found their vehicles. The tornado also struck two fire stations, No.2 and No.4, both were completely destroyed. John`s Regional Medical Center wasĭamaged and had to be demolished. In this area, in particular, there were missing manholeĬovers and the pavement was scoured out in places, which indicates of more than 200 mph winds. Besides houses,īusinesses like Walmart Supercenter, Pizza Hut and an Academy Sports and Outdoors were destroyed too. It affected 5,000 employees and 500 business and generated more than 3 million cubic yards of debris. In some areas, leaving nothing but debris. Besides the 161 lives lost more than 7,500 residences were damaged orĭestroyed by the storm, of those, more than half were completely destroyed leaving 9,200 people displaced from their homes. The Tornado affected a third of the city in terms of square footage and area. Scientists categorize this tornado as a unique and rare multivortex one. Tearing apart buildings and neighborhoods. It ripped through the Missouri city of Joplin with winds more than 200 miles per hour (320 km/h), killing 158 people, injuring 1,150 and It lasted an estimated 38 minutes from start to finish. On May 22nd, a ¾-mile-wide twister tore through Joplin, leaving 22.1 miles long trace on the ground. Jasper County and Newton County, Missouri mostly the city of Joplin
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