May 22, 2020 @ 5:17 pm
Local News, News
It was nine years ago that a deadly tornado hit Joplin.
The EF-5 tornado that hit Joplin on May 22, 2011 killed 158 people and left more than a thousand injured.
It is the deadliest tornado on record since modern record keeping began back in 1950.
Here’s more on the deadly tornado from the National Weather Service.