A mosque in Joplin, Missouri, was burned to the ground early Monday, just over a month after an attempted arson at the Islamic center, officials said.
Islamic society spokesperson Kimberly Kester discusses the fire that burned her community's mosque to the ground.
A Facebook page helps owners find photographs they lost in the Joplin tornado. CNN's Jim Spellman Reports.
Perhaps one of these will get your attention:
A tornado sweeps through a tractor-trailer complex in Texas leaving a pile of debris.
President Barack Obama will deliver a high school commencement address in Joplin, Missouri, nearly a year after a killer tornado ravaged that city, the White House said Monday.
Each year around September 11, CNN Hero Jeff Parness and his volunteers go to a disaster-stricken community to help them rebuild.
Just as Hurricane Irene was slamming the East Coast, the political rhetoric was approaching category 5 strength in other parts of the country.
The politics of disaster relief can make the response to Hurricane Irene a difficult process. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.
CNN's John King talks to Joplin High School principal Kerry Sachetta about the town's road to recovery.
Wednesday is the start of the school year for students in Joplin, Missouri, a bittersweet time for a town still rebuilding from a tornado in May that killed more than 130 people.
It was 48 hours after the May 22 tornado hit Joplin, Missouri, when I spied a bright, orange object among the endless rubble. And then another and another.
PHOENIX -- As the plane descended into Sky Harbor Airport, a pre-teen boy looked out the window into the Arizona desert and said to the passengers near him, "There are no trees down there. It's just like back in Joplin."
The death of a woman injured in the May tornado in Joplin, Missouri, brings the toll from the deadly twister to 156.
The death toll from the devastating tornado that ripped through Joplin, Missouri, last month has risen to 155, a city spokeswoman said Monday.
Eight people injured by the devastating Joplin, Missouri, tornado have contracted a rare fungal infection, and three have died, officials said Friday.
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano toured Joplin, Missouri, Thursday and pledged to help residents rebuild the tornado-ravaged city.
Chris Carriger, a Joplin, Missouri, police officer, describes how he managed to survive Sunday's tornado.
Chris Carriger is a 6-foot-1-inch, 250-pound police detective who served four tours in Iraq with the Missouri National Guard.
The death toll from the May 22 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, has risen to 141, city officials announced Sunday.
The number of victims from last month's devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri, has risen to 138 after four people died as a result of injuries they received during the storm, the Missouri Department of Public Safety announced Thursday.
Peace Lutheran Church in Joplin, Missouri, remembers the tornado victims one week later. CNN's Chris Turner reports.
The list of people missing in tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri, reached zero Wednesday afternoon as authorities said they have located all unaccounted-for individuals or have confirmed their deaths, the Missouri Department of Public Safety said.
A memorial service was held in front of a damaged Joplin, Missouri, high school. KODE has more.
The residents of Joplin, Missouri, continued the hard work of rebuilding Tuesday, trimming the list of people still missing more than a week after the most deadly U.S. tornado in some 60 years tore through their city.
At a memorial service for tornado victims, President Obama promises to rebuild Joplin, Missouri.
Last Sunday, my family and I experienced the nation's eighth deadliest tornado on record, in Joplin, Missouri. That morning, my wife, teenage granddaughter and I heard the warning sirens sounding as we enjoyed some fresh buttered biscuits with honey. We have lived here since 1968 and had experienced the drills repeatedly. This one was eerily different.
Those who have survived a devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri, should do their utmost to live up to the example set by those who died while helping others escape the storm, President Barack Obama said Sunday at a memorial service for the victims.
Sunday has long been a day for reflection in Joplin, Missouri, with residents flocking to churches and other places of worship for guidance, understanding and a sense of community.
CNN's David Mattingly shows the slow rate of recovery for tornado-ravaged Tuscaloosa.
This is a tale of two cities tied together by two tornadoes of the most wicked order, the apocalyptic EF-5 -- and by acts of charity that followed. It demonstrates how one good turn -- or town -- deserves another.
Anxious family members waited on news of their loved ones as officials in Joplin, Missouri, the flashpoint of Sunday's devastating tornado, worked Friday to identify the dead.
CNN's Anderson Cooper reports on the slow process for determining who was killed in the Joplin, Missouri, tornado.
Kathy Dennis of the American Red Cross talks about the damage caused by the tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri.
Every Monday, people who live in Joplin, Missouri, begin their week with the sound of tornado sirens.
Are people ignoring tornado warnings? CNN speaks with survivors who say life in "tornado alley" has had that effect.
As severe weather moved eastward, the devastation mounted Thursday in parts of the Midwest where hundreds mourned the deaths of loved ones and clung to hopes they'd be found alive following a wave of powerful tornadoes.
Michael Hare intensifies the search for his 16-year-old son, Lantz, missing since Sunday's tornado in Joplin, Missouri.
A large metal cross soars above the ruin of the Catholic church, a beacon in a Joplin, Missouri, neighborhood made unrecognizable by Sunday's powerful tornado.
Residents of tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri, continued picking up the pieces, totaling the damages and counting their blessings Wednesday.
The tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, Sunday killed 124 people, authorities said Tuesday, in what was the deadliest single U.S. tornado since modern record-keeping began 61 years ago.
Several family members are volunteer fire fighters, aiding in the search
iReporter Jennifer Parr talks about the deadly tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri.
The mayor of Joplin, Missouri tells Anderson Cooper his city will rebuild after being devastated by a historic tornado.
The tornado-ravaged city of Joplin, Missouri, is an authentic American crossroads, a truck stop and regional mecca with a rich mining heritage that straddles a cultural vein linking the Great Plains and the Ozarks.
The search for survivors continues in tornado-battered Joplin, Missouri. CNN's Jim Spellman reports.
A panicked Frank Reynolds dialed the number for KZRG on Tuesday morning. The Joplin, Missouri, radio station was the glue that was holding the tornado-devastated community together.
Struck by lightning, caught up in the smell of gas, braving two-inch hail and relentless rain: None of it could stop hundreds of firefighters, police officers, medical personnel, National Guardsmen and more from heading into the devastation around Joplin, Missouri, in a desperate search for survivors.
Gov. Jay Nixon (D-Missouri) says rescue teams are searching 'every square foot' for survivors of a tornado in Joplin.
Will Norton became separated from his family during the tornado in Joplin, MO. Anderson Cooper speaks with his family.
Like nearly every high school senior who has donned a cap and gown, Scott Lauridsen was excited.
The tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., killing at least 117 people, may have caused up to $3 billion in insured losses, according to an estimate from a catastrophe risk modeling firm released Tuesday.
Tornadoes are nothing new in places like Joplin, Missouri, nor are efforts to alert people to save their lives before swirling 200 mph winds pop up from seemingly nowhere.
Photojournalist Jaime Green helped shield a child from the tornado, then photographed the storm's aftermath.
More than $2 billion worth of residential properties face potential flood damage from the opening of the Morganza Spillway in Louisiana, according to a new study.
A tornado flattened buildings, snapped trees and tossed tractor-trailers like toys as it touched down in Joplin, Missouri, on Sunday night, causing an unknown number of deaths and injuries.
Storm chaser Steve Polley recounts the tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri.
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