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

The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history devastated Joplin, Missouri, 15 years ago, causing an estimated $2.8 billion in damage, killing 161 and injuring 1,000.

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

Joplin, Missouri, still hasn’t fully recovered from the devastating tornado that struck the city on May 22, 2011. The scale-topping EF-5 twister killed 161 people in 13 minutes as it swept through the ...

PECULIAR, Mo., May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, May 22, 2026, Operation BBQ Relief® (OBR) will return to the city where its mission began, setting up at Cunningham Park in Joplin, Mo. to ...

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

JOPLIN, Mo. — Friday marks the day 15 years ago an EF5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri. The massive supercell that formed over southwest Missouri on May 22, 2011 brought on a mile-wide tornado that ...

The EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, became the deadliest in modern history — killing 158 people. Although little damage is now visible to the naked eye, to the survivors, ...

The sirens will now be sounded when the National Weather Service issues a severe thunderstorm warning with a "tornado ...

On May 22, 2011, the deadliest tornado to strike the United States in half a century roared into the heart of Joplin, Mo., with winds of 200 mph. It killed nearly 160 people, injured about 1,100 ...