A tornado hit Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, killing more than 150 people.

Photographs from The Star’s archives document the destruction, resilience and hope the community would draw on to rebuild.

Today, most children in Joplin Schools have no direct memory of the May 22, 2011, tornado, it having happened before they were born. But Joplin’s response captured the attention of the country, ...

Human behavior researchers say catastrophes can bring out kindness in surprising ways. 15 years after Joplin, Mo., came ...

Remembering the lives lost in the 2011 Joplin tornado.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — The death toll from the massive tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., reached 132 Friday, a city spokeswoman said, while the state worked to pare down the list of people ...

Early reports say 30 are dead: A tornado steamrolled over Joplin, Mo., on Sunday night, knocking out a hospital and causing many deaths across the city, according to various reports. Joplin, which the ...

A local news anchor who was on the air during the deadliest tornado in modern history said he still remembers everything from that night. Friday marked 15 years since the devastating EF-5 tornado tore ...

On the 15th anniversary of the disaster that killed 158, The Star looks back at the health care workers at St. John’s ...

A disaster of the magnitude of the one that hit Joplin 15 years ago provided a wealth of information for scientists and engineers, as well as lessons for meteorologists and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the 15th anniversary of the disaster that killed 158 in Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, The Star is republishing photographs ...