The remains of a truck is wrapped around a tree as Kayla McMinn gathers belongings on Vermont Avenue, near 18th Street, on Monday afternoon, May 23, 2011, a day after Joplin, Mo., was hit by a tornado ...

5/24/11 Tuesday, Joplin -- A view of the extensive tornado damage to a house in the city of Joplin from a Missouri National Guard Blackhawk helicopter Tuesday morning. J.B. Forbes ...

Grand Island resident John Nelson was in the first class to graduate from the "new" Joplin High School in 1959, while granddaughter Tatiana Nelson will likely be in the last graduating class from the ...

Opening Shot: News footage of the massive EF5 tornado that touched down in Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. The Gist: The first episode of Survival Mode is about the EF5 tornado in Joplin that killed ...

From the producers of "Dateline," NBC's new series "Survival Mode" will give viewers an inside look at some of the largest and most recent disasters through accounts from those who lived through them.

At least 116 are dead and nearly 30 percent of city damaged. May 23, 2011 — -- Rescue efforts are under way as residents of Joplin, Mo., try to pick up the pieces of their lives after a ...

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 ...

OWASSO, Okla. — Sean and Tricia Wilson lived real-life Twister movies with multiple sequels by chasing them for more than 20 years in their Chevy Trailblazer, nicknamed the Storm Blazer. The couple ...