MORRIS: The tornado cleared this hill and tore into St. How can one thing do so much damage to one little town? MORRIS: Michel Story stands in a pile of debris that was her grandmother's home, gazing at desolation stretching to the horizon. And on this hill - looks like maybe the highest point in Joplin - you can see most of the seven- mile path of complete destruction this tornado made. MORRIS: Walking along here, you get to the top of the hill. I looked out their basement window and saw there wasn't a house there. MONTAGNE: It didn't last more than - I don't know, it felt like a lot longer than it probably was. MORRIS: Kyle Carder rode out the storm with neighbors. MONTAGNE: We could see clouds swirling around, and that's when we ran down into their basement.
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It was already going full force, about two-thirds of a mile wide, with winds approaching 200 miles an hour. This is where the tornado plowed into town. Frank Morris, of member station KCUR, retraced that path yesterday and brings us this report.įRANK MORRIS: I'm walking along the western edge of Joplin. MONTAGNE: The Joplin tornado drove straight through the city - from west to east - on Sunday evening, creating a wide path of near-total destruction. At least 122 people were killed there, and hundreds remain unaccounted for. LOUISE KELLY: Now, all this comes as the town of Joplin, in Missouri, is still digging out after suffering the country's deadliest tornado in decades. MONTAGNE: We'll have more coverage of those storms elsewhere in the program.
It tore apart vehicles on Interstate 40, and cut a devastating path through the city of El Reno. The most powerful twister broke out west of Oklahoma City. More deadly tornadoes carved through the Midwest yesterday, killing at least 13 people in Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas.
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