Miles of damage are shown throughout the documentary ... Caught in the Storm was a harrowing representation of how devastating this EF5 tornado in Joplin was, but it was also a story of humanity ...

The Twister: Caught in the Storm chronicles how a supercell over Joplin, Missouri, spawned a catastrophic EF5 tornado with wind ... due to the extent of the damage. The Twister: Caught in the ...

As the daily dose of severe weather continues over parts of the central United States into next week, the risk to lives and ...

Sunday afternoon just as predicted 2:04 p.m. the Tornado Sirens sounded in Joplin, Webb City, Carl Junction, Carthage and surrounding area.

Tornado and severe weather season in the central U.S. have ramped up this spring. Last week was especially tough as at least 50 twisters were reported from the Deep South northeastward into Michigan.

That was the very first EF5 tornado of the whole new EF scale that happened in 2007 [when it replaced the former Fujita scale]. That was my first real experience with catastrophic tornado damage.

Damage looks flattened out, with trees pointing in the same direction or fanning out from one another. Just four Ohio tornadoes since 1950 have received the most severe EF5 designation.

The U.S. experiences an average of more than 1,200 tornadoes annually, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage and claiming ... after the EF-5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, in 2011 ...