Tornadoes cause significant economic losses yet can stimulate growth through rebuilding, insurance inflows, and federal aid, impacting local economies deeply.

In a spring of historic tornado outbreaks, a single late May tornado in southwest Missouri was the mic drop on a truly terrible 2011. On May 22, 2011, 14 years ago today, an EF5 tornado tore a ...

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 ...

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 ...

No community would willingly sign up for a deadly tornado, but at some point, tragedy and destruction become the opportunity to thoughtfully make things better than before. St. Louis now has the ...

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 ...

Residents at Clarence and Labadie Avenues assess the damage to their home after the May 16 tornado rolled through the Ville neighborhood of north St. Louis. (Wiley Price/ St. Louis American) When a ...

When a tornado struck Joplin on May 22, 2011, killing 161 people and causing about $2 billion in damage, President Barack Obama issued a major disaster declaration the next day. That action ...