Tornadoes in America: Joplin, Missouri
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A man carries a young girl who was rescued after being trapped with her mother in their home after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo. on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011. The tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and businesses. (AP Phot
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A car sits among rubble from a tornado Monday, May 23, 2011, in Joplin , Mo. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Ashley Stephens holds a ferret she rescued from the home of a missing woman while helping a friend collect belongings Monday, May 23, 2011, in Joplin, Mo. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and
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Sherman James cleans up from the tornadoes that devastated Alabama last month at his home in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Monday, May 23, 2011. James said he is praying for midwesterners in places like Joplin, Mo., following a round of killer twisters there. (AP