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# US city devastated by tornado, 116 killed
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## A tornado nearly a mile wide killed at least 116 people in Joplin,
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Missouri, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.
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TelegraphPlayer-8531976
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10:27PM BST 23 May 2011
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The disaster tore through the heart of the small Midwestern city, ripping the
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roof off a hospital and destroying thousands of homes and businesses.
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Residents who survived the storm described the horror as the tornado dropped
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out of the dark sky.
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One woman said: "The wind was coming and I just had my eyes closed the whole
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time and like I said he was laying on top of us.
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"I could feel the wind trying to get him and stuff and I had to hang on to him
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and my dogs. Just death grip on all of us you know if it was going to take one
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it was going to take us all."
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The tornado may have been the deadliest to hit the country since 1953, with
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more than 500 confirmed injured and the death toll expected to rise as
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rescuers search for people in the rubble.
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[![Joplin tornado: death toll reaches 132][14] ][15]
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### [132 people dead in Joplin][15]
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28 May 2011
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