The sirens will now be sounded when the National Weather Service issues a severe thunderstorm warning with a “tornado possible” tag. They’ll also still be sounded with a tornado ...

A disaster of the magnitude of the one that hit Joplin 15 years ago provided a wealth of information for scientists and ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM/KJFX) - May 22, 2026 marked 15 years since the tragic day that claimed 161+ lives. Community members ...

Nanda Nunnelly had just come home from a weekend out of town when a massive, multi-vortex tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. The sky, she says, had a sickly green tinge. When the ...

JOPLIN, Mo. – A local news anchor who was on the air during the deadliest tornado in modern history said he still remembers everything from that night. “I thought I was ready for whatever was thrown ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — On this, the 15th anniversary of the 2011 Joplin tornado — the Salvation Army in Joplin unveils an expansion of its Hope Memorial. It was made from debris of the old Salvation Army ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (KCTV) - Fifteen years after the deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history tore through Joplin, Missouri, an emergency physician who set up a makeshift triage center is reflecting on that ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (KY3) - 15 years after an EF-5 tornado tore through Joplin, the families who lost children, homes, and neighborhoods say the grief has changed, but it never left. For Tammy Niederhelman, ...

Fifteen years ago, on May 22, 2011, an EF-5 tornado tore through the center of Joplin, Missouri. It became the single deadliest tornado in modern history, claiming the lives of 158 people and causing ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Friday marks 15 years since the catastrophic EF-5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, that directly killed 158 people, according to the National Weather Service. Convoy of Hope in ...