A firefighter today searches the rubble of tornado-ravaged Joplin, MO. Rescuers combed through overturned cars and flattened buildings hunting for survivors after the town was struck by one of the strongest tornadoes ever recorded in the United States.
A massive, mile-wide funnel-cloud, with winds of up to 200 miles (320 kilometers) an hour, tore with devastating force through the town of Joplin late Sunday, leaving 116 people dead and hundreds more missing.
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