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 ...

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.

The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history devastated Joplin, Missouri, 15 years ago, causing an estimated $2.8 billion in ...

Nearly 100,000 volunteers helped the town rebuild and a spirit of community service continues to this day. Researchers studying human behavior catastrophes can bring out compassion in surprising ways.

OzarksFirst (KOLR 10) is revisiting one of the darkest days in the history of the Ozarks with a 30-minute special marking the 15th anniversary of the Joplin tornado. The ...

Human behavior researchers say catastrophes can bring out kindness in surprising ways. 15 years after Joplin, Mo., came together to rebuild after a deadly tornado, a community service spirit lives on.

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.

Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Bettes and his camera team were in Kansas City on the early morning of May 22, 2011, and he said they knew where they wanted to go that day. “We started our day that ...

In the aftermath of the tornado, thousands of volunteers came to help Joplin from around the country. Many wrote messages of hope on this tornado-damaged house, and later, Joplin residents wrote a ...

The Rogers-based organization had only been around for a year when an EF-5 tornado destroyed parts of Joplin, Missouri and killed 161 people.