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10 minutes ago  Updated: Footage shows fires, flattened buildings after tornado rips through area near Oklahoma City

Monday, April 16, 2012  Early, dire warnings credited with limiting human death toll in Midwest tornado outbreak

Tuesday, March 06, 2012  Indiana man says wife lost parts of both her legs saving their 2 children from deadly tornado

Saturday, March 03, 2012  Massive thunderstorms, predicted by forecasters for days, threw off dozens of tornadoes as they raced Friday from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes.

Friday, June 17, 2011  Joplin animal shelter overflowing after tornado, still looking for homes for 900 cats, dogs

Thursday, June 02, 2011  Massachusetts towns digging out from widespread damage caused by rare tornadoes that killed 4

Wednesday, June 01, 2011  The list of missing in Joplin is down to zero, as everyone has been accounted for either dead or alive.

Wednesday, June 01, 2011  Update: Waste haulers will start removing debris Wednesday.

Monday, May 30, 2011  President Obama came face to face Sunday with the legions of homeless, consoling the community as it remembered the more than 130 people killed in the storm.

Sunday, May 29, 2011  President Barack Obama toured the area hit hardest by last Sunday's tornado in Joplin.

Friday, May 27, 2011  President Barack Obama and Gov. Jay Nixon will both offer messages at a Joplin community memorial service on Sunday.

Friday, May 27, 2011 

Friday, May 27, 2011  Update: The death toll after Joplin's tornado has climbed to 132.

Thursday, May 26, 2011  Story updated with video. In Joplin tornado's deadly wake, a tireless search finds few of the missing amid the debris