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“At Least 89 Dead As Tornado Strikes Missouri Town”

“At Least 89 Dead As Tornado Strikes Missouri Town”.

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“At Least 89 Dead As Tornado Strikes Missouri Town”

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  1. “At Least 89 Dead As Tornado Strikes Missouri Town”

  2. Authorities said at least 89 people have died in the southwest Missouri city of Joplin after a massive tornado blasted through with cataclysmic force, ripping into a hospital, upending cars and leaving only a forest of splintered tree trunks behind where entire neighborhoods once stood. City manager Mark Rohr said the twister cut a path nearly six miles long through the center of town Sunday night. He announced the latest death toll during a pre-dawn news conference outside the wreckage of a hospital that took a direct hit from Sunday's storm. Among the worst-hit locations in Joplin was St. John's Regional Medical Center. The staff had just a few moments' notice to hustle patients into hallways before the storm struck the nine-story building, blowing out hundreds of windows and leaving the facility useless. Nearby, a pile of cars lay crumpled into a single mass of twisted metal. Matt Sheffer dodged downed power lines, trees and closed streets to make it to his dental office across from the hospital. Rubble littered a flattened lot where a pharmacy, gas station and some doctor's offices once stood.

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