Former police chief reflects on Joplin’s devastating EF5 tornado 15 years later

Friday marks 15 years since a deadly EF5 tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri. Former Joplin Police Chief Lane Roberts and ...

The Joplin Tornado: What Our Meteorologists Remember Most 15 Years Later

Today is the 15-year anniversary of the Joplin, Missouri, EF5 tornado, the nation's deadliest in 64 years and record costliest. It wasn't the day's only tornado.

Operation BBQ Relief Returns to Joplin, Missouri, to Honor 15th Anniversary of Deadly Tornado and Founding of the Organization During National Barbecue Month

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 commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 2011 ...

Tornado taught Joplin small acts of kindness are powerful acts of defiance | Opinion

In the aftermath of disaster, neighbors came together to rebuild their community safer, stronger and better. | Opinion ...

Joplin tornado still resonates 15 years afterward

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, ...
The Daily Item

Joplin tornado prompts changes in watches, warnings issued by National Weather Service

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

During the Joplin tornado 15 years ago, healthcare workers leapt to action. Here are their stories

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, ...
WKYT

This Day in History: May 22

(WKYT) - In the lead-up to America turning 250 years old, we are looking back every day at “This Day In History.” On this day in 2011, an EF5 tornado slammed into Joplin, Missouri. The twister had ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Forecasters warn tornadoes could erupt across the central Plains this holiday weekend — a new storm system takes aim just as millions hit the road

A potent storm system is taking shape over the central Plains with the worst possible timing: it is expected to unleash ...
4029tv

Joplin remembers EF-5 tornado 15 years later after 161 deaths and 22-mile path

ON CAPITOL HILL I'M RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER TODAY MARKS 15 YEARS SINCE AN EF-5 TORNADO TORE THROUGH JOPLIN MISSOURI - KILLING 161 PEOPLE AND FOREVER CHANGING THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE. THE STORM WAS ONE OF THE ...
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Joplin tornado 15th anniversary: Doctor recalls saving lives after devastating EF-5

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 ...