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Residents of Joplin, Mo, survey the damage after a tornado hit the city on Sunday, May 22, 2011. The tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and businesses.Mark Schiefelbein / The Associated Press
A destroyed helicopter lies on its side in the parking lot of the Joplin Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Sunday. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging the hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.CP
Emergency workers wait for a medical team after finding a body in a tornado ravaged car in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)CP
This frame grab from video shows lightning inside a massive tornado on Sunday, May 22, 2011, outside Joplin, Mo. The tornado tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri killing at least 116 people as it slammed into the city of Joplin, ripping into a hospital, crushing cars like soda cans and leaving a forest of splintered tree trunks behind where entire neighborhoods once stood. (AP Photo/tornadovideo.net)While her Joplin, Missouri home was completely destroyed, Amy Jump, her husband and three children all survived the tornado which devastated the city Sunday evening. Here, Jump is emotional as she and her neighbors sift through the rubble Monday morning, May 23, 2011, looking for salvageable items and photos. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)CP
Residents of Joplin, Mo, survey the damage of their homes and city on Monday, May 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)Jaime Green / The Associated Press
A pickup truck with what looked like two rescue workers and two injured people weaves in and out of traffic to get to Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Mo. after the town was hit by a tornado on Sunday.CP
Kathleen Kelsey, a canine rescue specialist with the Missouri Task Force One search-and-rescue team, guides a live-find dog named ChicoDog through the wreckage of a public housing complex in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. A destructive tornado swept through Joplin on Sunday evening, killing at least 116 and injuring hundreds more. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Mark Schiefelbein / The Associated Press
A man walks past destroyed vehicles in the parking lot of the Joplin Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Sunday.Roger Nomer / The Associated Press
An emergency worker searches through damaged cars along Range Line Road in Joplin, Mo. in Joplin, Mo. after a tornado struck the city on Sunday evening.Charlie Riedel / The Associated Press
An emergency worker searches a Walmart store that was severely damaged by a tornado in Joplin, Mo., Sunday.Roger Nomer / The Associated Press
Emergency personnel assess the damage of the remains of the Academy Sports building at 17th St. and Range Line Road in Joplin, Mo. following the tornado that struck the city on Sunday evening.Mike Gullett / The Associated Press
Damaged vehicles litter the parking lot of St. John's Hospital in Joplin, Mo, after a tornado hit the southwest Missouri city on Sunday evening.Mike Ransdell / Tribune Media MCT
A large tornado moved through much of Joplin, Missouri, Sunday damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.Mike Ransdell / Kansas City Star / Tribune Media
A large tornado moved through much of Joplin, Missouri, Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.Charlie Riedel / The Associated Press
Lightning from a severe thunderstorm flashes in the distance beyond a crucifix in a cemetery near Easton, Kan.CP
A shelf cloud containing a thunderstorm approaches a tornado-ravaged neighborhood in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital, hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 89 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)CP
On this Sunday, May 22, 2011 photo, two young Joplin, Mo, residents carry their dog and head to a rescue center after their home was destroyed by a tornado that hit the southwest Missouri city on Sunday evening. The tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)CP
Rows of damaged homes are seen following a tornado Monday, May 23, 2011, in Joplin , Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)CP
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. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)CP
Anita Stokes salvages meat from a freezer at her home that was destroyed by a tornado in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 116 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)CP
A man salvages a guitar from a severely damaged home in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)CP
Aaron Hailey stands in what's left of his home in Joplin, Mo, on Monday, May 23, 2011. Hailey was attempting to salvage items from his home that was leveled by a tornado that struck Joplin on Sunday, May 22. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)CP
Nevada Missouri firefighters take a break from search and rescue work in Joplin, Mo, on Monday, May 23, 2011. Fire and rescue workers from neighboring cities and states have joined the rescue effort from the tornado that struck Joplin on Sunday, May 22. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)CP
A man sorts through tornado debris in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 116 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)CP
A mangled street sign stands among tornado debris in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 116 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)CP
Emergency responders survey a mangled neighborhood in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 116 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Alexia Neal pulled a pot and a bottle of syrup out of the rubble that used to be her home in Joplin, Missouri, Monday, May 23, 2011. Her home and neighborhood near St. John's Regional Medical Center was destroyed when a tornado hit on Sunday. (Jaime Green/Wichita Eagle/MCT)Vehicles were piled on top of each other in the parking lot of St. John's Regional Medical Center on Monday, May 23, 2011, after a tornado swept through the heart of the city on Sunday in Joplin, Missouri. (Shane Keyser/Kansas City Star/MCT)A shotgun was found among the rubble of the former home of Dr. Jay Farr in Joplin, Missouri, on Monday morning, May 23, 2011, following a tornado that swept through the center of the city Sunday evening. Volunteers helped comb through the items and found the shotgun. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)After finding his wedding ring box for his fiancee, Jarod Stice found a for rent sign in his yard and pushed it into the ground outside his home, Monday morning, May 23, 2011, following a tornado that swept through the center of Joplin the previous evening. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)CP
Many signs and paintings on the outside of destroyed or damaged homes informed rescuers that everyone was safe and accounted for in Joplin, Mo, on Monday, May 23, 2011. This home was one of hundreds that were damaged or destroyed by a tornado that struck Joplin, Mo, on Sunday, May 22. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)Kansas City Fire Department firefighters Rob Muir, left, and Chad Lunt, right, (Rescue 31) walked through the destruction in downtown Joplin, Missouri, Monday morning, May 23, 2011, following a tornado that swept through the centre of the city Sunday evening. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)Sunday's tornado left a swath of destruction through Joplin, Missouri, Monday, May 23, 2011. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)A medical helicopter at St. John's Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, is seen in the parking lot of the hospital Monday, May 23, 2011, following a tornado that swept through area. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
