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USA, 2012
National Geographic Documentary
45 minutes

"The 2011 Joplin tornado was a catastrophic EF5 multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, USA in the late afternoon of Sunday, May 22, 2011. It was part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak sequence and reached a maximum width of in excess of 1 mile (1.6 km) during its path through the southern part of the city. It rapidly intensified and tracked eastward across the city, and then continued eastward across Interstate 44 into rural portions of Jasper County and Newton County. This was the third tornado to strike Joplin since May 1971. 

As of December 2011, the official death toll from the tornado is 160 deaths directly linked to the tornado, including two people who died from injuries in September. The toll was up to 161 in September, until it was discovered that one added later died of other causes. The tornado also caused one indirect fatality, a policeman struck by lightning and killed while assisting with recovery and cleanup efforts the day after the storm."

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