JOPLIN, Mo. — Officials say the southwest Missouri city of Joplin has taken a direct hit from a tornado and there are reports of multiple fatalities.

A deadly tornado that raged through Joplin, Missouri 14 years ago is once again in the spotlight after the release of a new Netflix documentary. "The Twister: Caught in the Storm" is a feature-length ...

The Joplin tornado became one of the deadliest twisters in United States history when it tore through a small city in southwestern Missouri in 2011. By the time the storm touched down on the evening ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — On May 22, 2011, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history since modern record-keeping tore through Joplin, Missouri, claiming the lives of over 150 people. That was 14 years ago. 5 On ...

The Monday night debut episode chronicles the category 5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri in 2011, leaving the city of 50,000 people to face a record numbers of deaths and miles of destroyed ...

The horror of the Joplin tornado is the subject of a new documentary film, released nearly 14 years after the twister struck Missouri with cataclysmic force, ripping into a hospital, destroying ...

School doors open in Joplin, Mo., three months after deadly tornado. Aug. 17, 2011 -- For a town desperately seeking a return to some sense of normalcy, the ringing of school bells is more welcome ...

The horror of the Joplin tornado is the subject of a new documentary film, released nearly 14 years after the twister struck Missouri with cataclysmic force, ripping into a hospital, destroying ...