Mitch Randles

Without basements, Joplin had scant refuge from tornado

JOPLIN, Mo (Reuters) - Like a lot of other Joplin homeowners, Herndon Snider rode out the May 22 tornado in a bathtub. Other popular places to take cover from the vicious tornado were closets and center hallways.
 

Search for missing tornado victims enters fourth day

Rescuers and anguished families were still searching for hundreds of missing people on Thursday, four days after a tornado battered this US town, killing at least 125 people.
 

Anguished hunt for scores missing after US tornado

Rescue teams and anguished families were desperately searching for nearly 1,500 people listed as missing since a tornado ripped through a Missouri town, killing at least 125 residents.
 

Anguished hunt for scores missing after US tornado

Rescue teams and anguished families were desperately searching for nearly 1,500 people listed as missing since a tornado ripped through a Missouri town, killing at least 125 residents.
 

Tornado-struck US town rattled by new storm

A devastated Missouri town still searching for survivors from one of the strongest tornadoes on record was Wednesday rattled by news that deadly twisters have struck neighboring US states.