Obama is due back in Washington Saturday night. Obama spoke in London, the second stop on his four-country, six-day tour of Europe. The President says he wants Midwesterners whose lives were disrupted by the deadly storms last weekend to know that the federal government will use all resources at its disposal to help them recover and rebuild. Source: Storm Prediction Center of National Weather Service’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration It was very sturdy and well built.’Īs residents came to terms with the damage, President Barack Obama said he will travel to Missouri on Sunday to meet with people affected by what he called 'devastating and heartbreaking' tornadoes. It was 30 years old and two layers of brick. ‘The building that my office was in was not flimsy. Probably for two to three blocks, it's just levelled. Matt Sheffer said: 'My office is totally gone. Winds from the storm carried debris up to 60 miles away, with medical records, X-rays, insulation and other items falling to the ground in Greene County, said Larry Woods, assistant director of the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management.
'I've never seen such devastation - just block upon block upon block of homes just completely gone,' said former state legislator Gary Burton who showed up to help at a volunteer center at Missouri Southern State University.Īnother resident had to run through the storm as power lines and trees crashed around him. I didn't think we were going to make it, it happened so fast.’ ‘You could just feel the air pull up and it was so painful. Mrs Fritz said she was surprised she survived. ‘My husband and I went out and saw two or three dead bodies on the ground.’Ĭhaos: A destroyed apartment complex is seen in an aerial view over Joplin ‘My sons had deceased children in their arms when they came back,’ Mrs Fritz said. Their sons, aged 20 and 17, went outside after the storm and saw that every home was destroyed. They quickly realised they would never find the belongings they stored there, and that they had lost much of what was in their home after the tornado ripped away the roof. Kelley Fritz, 45, rummaged through the remains of a storage building with her husband, Jimmy. Her husband looked on grimly at the scenes of devastation, and said they would rebuild their home of 33 years. 'I'll never disregard the sirens again,' said Mrs Sumners. Only a few interior walls remained standing, but after a desperate search came a ray of hope when they found the terrified cat hiding under a bed.Īround the corner, Dottie and Tim Sumners had uncovered scores of framed photos and albums, memories that survived when the massive mile-wide tornado, with winds of up to 200 miles (320 kilometers) an hour hit late Sunday. The shocking photos reveal for the first time the true extent of the damage caused when the mile-wide tornado that killed at least 122 people blasted much of the city off the map and slammed straight into its hospital.įorecasters warned residents on Tuesday to prepare themselves for a looming storm system that has all the early signs of spawning more deadly tornadoes. Obama to visit region on Sunday as he says tornado was 'devastating and heartbreaking'Īs shell-shocked residents of tornado-hit Joplin braced themselves for another powerful storm system this evening, new aerial images emerged showing in terrifying detail the path of the twister which destroyed the Missouri city.Tornado was rare 'multivortex' twister, reveals National Weather Service.'This is a very serious situation brewing,' warns Storm Prediction Center as forecasters say city could be hit again.1,500 people still remain unaccounted for, according to fire officials.Deadliest single tornado in more than 60 years with at least 125 people killed.Devastating 198mph tornado tore a path a mile wide and six miles long straight through Joplin, Missouri.
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