Joplin city officials have changed the city's outdoor warning siren activation policy as the result of an unwarned EF1 tornado that struck the west side of the city April 24, ...

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 warning or if a ...

The City of Joplin has updated its official outdoor warning siren activation policy to take a more proactive approach during severe thunderstorms the National Weather Service ...

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 ...

New restrictions on data centers in North Carolina are a step closer to becoming law after the state House of Representatives voted to approve them Wednesday. A digital forensics expert testified ...

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, ...

The tragic events in Joplin on May 22, 2011, gave researchers a unique opportunity to study a real-life worst-case scenario. The thorough study of the Joplin EF-5 tornado has since transformed ...

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, ...

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 ...