Thursday, May 26, 2011

Tornado death toll rises, no more survivors found

The death toll from a monster tornado that savaged Joplin, Missouri, rose to 125 on Wednesday and tornadoes overnight in nearby states caused at least 15 more deaths.
Three days after the deadliest single tornado in the United States in 64 years, rescue teams with dogs sifted through rubble in Joplin without finding anyone alive on Wednesday.
Authorities said the operation was still a search and rescue, but hope of finding more people alive was fading.
The number of people injured by the massive tornado was revised up to more than 900, according to local authorities, from 823 earlier in the day.
Officials were no longer saying how many people are missing because they believe the figure of 1,500 missing mentioned earlier in the week was inflated by double counting or people simply being out of town.
Some families continued a desperate search for missing loved ones amid the ruins of homes and businesses.
Fifteen-month-old Skyular Logsdon, whose blue teddy bear, red t-shirt and pants were found wrapped around a telephone pole after the storm, remains missing, his great grandmother told Reuters on Wednesday.
His injured parents were found and taken to a hospital after the tornado. But the little boy has vanished.
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24 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 26, 2011 at 8:03 a.m.

    thats the wy nature rolls i guess. im happy it doesnt roll where i live tho

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  2. bragtastic23May 26, 2011 at 11:09 a.m.

    I just saw this on the news. It was intense.

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  3. ZKMinMay 26, 2011 at 1:05 p.m.

    It is sad to see such things, but so is the circle of life.

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  4. Doc_WafflesMay 26, 2011 at 2:12 p.m.

    It's so sad, they're getting demolished down south.

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  5. XenotothMay 26, 2011 at 2:32 p.m.

    I just hope that they can find a few more of these people, or at the very least some of the people aren't suffering, waiting for help to arrive.

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  6. ♥ Fluttershy ♥May 26, 2011 at 2:55 p.m.

    beat me with sticks but did people there know any other building aside from plywood? Stone or concrete for example? Jeez...

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  7. AlexisMay 26, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.

    This is so tragic. Don't know what else to say.

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  8. GrantMay 26, 2011 at 6:23 p.m.

    looks bad out there =/

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  9. TomMay 26, 2011 at 6:45 p.m.

    Terrible... One of the deadliest tornadoes in history, but they'll recover as always.

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  10. BTN Hip HopMay 26, 2011 at 6:47 p.m.

    natural disasters always make me feel really down; theres just no explanation; no one to blame; no ones fault. just some bad shit that happens :(

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  11. FTIMay 26, 2011 at 7:10 p.m.

    I feel depressed when stuff like this happens

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  12. BojanCoMay 26, 2011 at 7:14 p.m.

    Mother nature can be so cruel... Very sad story :(

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  13. MarkeeTeeVeeMay 26, 2011 at 7:35 p.m.

    Damn. I feel so bad for the people affected

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  14. CloudMay 26, 2011 at 7:39 p.m.

    Very sad...
    :(

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  15. Bj DoverMay 26, 2011 at 7:56 p.m.

    Yeah, I've been following this pretty close. One kid I read about, who is still missing, got sucked out of his sun roof while driving. They have Facebook pages up for him and he was talked about on Anderson Cooper 360. He's a human kite, lol.

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  16. MusicofjustinMay 26, 2011 at 8:29 p.m.

    I remember seeing all of this on the weather channel. Really bizarre that it just happened like that. I hope the recovery goes well though.

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  17. GameArtifactsMay 26, 2011 at 9:35 p.m.

    man the storm was insane

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  18. AlexMay 26, 2011 at 9:49 p.m.

    Just terrible...

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  19. TheBrianMay 26, 2011 at 10:40 p.m.

    Terrible to see this stuff

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  20. d0tMay 26, 2011 at 11:25 p.m.

    shame that lives have to be lost

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  21. RichMay 26, 2011 at 11:30 p.m.

    feel horrible for those poeple

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  22. AdminMay 27, 2011 at 1:35 a.m.

    Not good news. Ugh.

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  23. arsenal1firstMay 27, 2011 at 4:42 a.m.

    may they rest in peace...

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  24. Bj DoverMay 30, 2011 at 8:43 p.m.

    I think it's over 500 now. So insane!

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