By September 2014 all of the destroyed elementary schools, as well as Joplin High School, had been returned to Rebuilding hundreds of homes and apartments. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and HUD’s Community Development Block Grant program together with donations from all over the world led to repairing and With the help from more than a dozen Federal agencies, federal and state disaster assistance, as well as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of The disposal of the three million cubic yards of residential debris. In this calculations are included all the commercial and residential property affected, the demolition of condemned properties and
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The actual cost of the Joplin tornado, from information provided by the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration, wasĬalculated to be $2.8 billion. In 1925, the Tri-State Tornado, which affected Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, claimed 695 lives and injured 2,027. Though the Joplin Tornado claimed 158 lives and injured 1,000, it still was far from the deadliest tornado to ever hit the US. On top of all this, beautifulĬity parks, transportation infrastructure including streets, sidewalks, lights, signals, and signs were also demolished. Deadliest Tornadoes in the History of the United States as of 2019, by Number of Victims. Vans, buses, and semis were crushed beyond recognition or tossed up several blocks away and some owners never found their vehicles. The tornado also struck two fire stations, No.2 and No.4, both were completely destroyed. John`s Regional Medical Center wasĭamaged and had to be demolished.
In this area, in particular, there were missing manholeĬovers and the pavement was scoured out in places, which indicates of more than 200 mph winds. Besides houses,īusinesses like Walmart Supercenter, Pizza Hut and an Academy Sports and Outdoors were destroyed too. It affected 5,000 employees and 500 business and generated more than 3 million cubic yards of debris. In some areas, leaving nothing but debris. Besides the 161 lives lost more than 7,500 residences were damaged orĭestroyed by the storm, of those, more than half were completely destroyed leaving 9,200 people displaced from their homes. The Tornado affected a third of the city in terms of square footage and area. Scientists categorize this tornado as a unique and rare multivortex one. Tearing apart buildings and neighborhoods. It ripped through the Missouri city of Joplin with winds more than 200 miles per hour (320 km/h), killing 158 people, injuring 1,150 and It lasted an estimated 38 minutes from start to finish. On May 22nd, a ¾-mile-wide twister tore through Joplin, leaving 22.1 miles long trace on the ground. Jasper County and Newton County, Missouri mostly the city of Joplin
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