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Monster of tornado struck Joplin in 2011
Joplin
is
a
city
in
southern
Jasper
County
and
northern
Newton
County
in
the
southwestern
corner
of
the
US
state
of
Missouri,
in
which
a
deadly
tornado
struck
on
May
20,
2011.
Joplin tornado ripped through a hospital and killed many across the city. The final death toll in Joplin was 116 making it the deadliest tornado in nearly 60 years.
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Story first published: Thursday, December 29, 2011, 17:48 [IST]