A destructive force is about to hit the city of Joplin… Eleven-year-old Dexter has always wanted to see a tornado. So when he gets the incredible opportunity to go storm chasing with the famous Dr. Norman Rays, he has to say yes!

The story starts up in its climax. The surprising tornado is destroying Joplin killing over 200 people. Dexter is left experiencing the biggest terror of his life. The next chapter begins a normal day earlier and the mood is calm.

The whirlwind indiscriminately tore through Joplin’s building stock, destroying schools and stores and leveling entire neighborhoods. More than 7,400 residences made up the bulk of damaged buildings, about 40% of which were completely destroyed.

(KY3) – A devastating EF5 tornado tore through Joplin, Mo. on May 22, 2011, killing 161 and injuring more than 1,100 others. The damage totaled $3 billion. The storm stretched for 22 miles, staying on the ground for 38 minutes.

The Joplin Tornado of 2011 was a mile-wide monster that destroyed heart of a vibrant city. The true stories of these two events plus fascinating facts, profiles of tornado scientists and storm chasers create a unique and thrilling nonfiction read, by the author of the New York Times bestselling I Survived series.

JOPLIN, Mo. — Ten years ago, at 5:41 p.m. the deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri. The storm killed around 160 people, caused $2.8 billion in damage and forever changed a community.

According to Tarshis, resilience is the theme that connects all the books in the “I Survived” series. “It’s not so much the event for me,” she explains. “It’s the people. People have come through unbelievable ordeals and many of them move on and thrive.

Resolution. Barry is reunited with his family at the Super Dome.

The Joplin tornado remains the costliest single tornado in modern U.S. history, with damage estimated at $3.18 billion (adjusted for inflation to 2019). According to the NIST report, 553 businesses and 7,411 homes were damaged or destroyed, affecting than more than 17,000 residents.

The damage to the built environment made this the costliest tornado on record as well, with losses approaching $3 billion. The Joplin tornado damaged 553 business structures and nearly 7,500 residential structures; over 3,000 of those residences were heavily damaged or completely destroyed.

Rebuild Joplin officially announced that the end to their housing recovery mission was in sight for Dec. 6, just over three years after the tornado. Rebuild Joplin had completed 180 homes.

So what caused such an intense tornado? A strong low pressure system rotating in the northern Plains is to blame. The low pressure system was able to tap into warm, moist air from the Gulf, while on its backside, cold, dry air was being funneled down.

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