Until Tuesday (24/05/2011), the victims were killed a result of a tornado in Joplin, Missouri, United States, reaching 124 people.
Rescue teams must race against time because there are predictions of a tornado would hit the city that have been razed to the ground. Because, the previous two tornadoes across the State of Oklahoma that neighboring Missouri.The storm that hit Oklahoma killed four people and damaging dozens of homes. The storm is expected to move to Joplin on Wednesday (5/25/2011) early morning local time, according to Barney Rayno, expert senior meteorologist at Accuweather.com.Reported earlier, hit by a tornado Joplin category EF-5, Sunday (5/22/2011), and touted as a single tornado terdahsyat in the last 60 years.Meanwhile, rescue efforts continued. Rescuers and volunteers drilled rubble in hopes of finding people alive. They were assisted by a dog that can sniff out human scent.U.S. National Weather Service announced that the tornado that paralyzed Joplin on Sunday was an EF-5, the strongest ratings for tornadoes, with wind speeds of more than 321 kilometers per hour. The scientists said the tornado that hit Joplin quite rare, that there are some small vortex in the vortex of winds that rotates the parent in the parent tornado.
Authorities estimate 750 people were injured and the number of missing people is unknown. "That does not mean they are injured or die. This means that the family did not know their whereabouts," said City Manager Mark Rohr. He added, estimated that many of its citizens who leave the city without telling the people closest to them.Other work is to test the tornado siren city to ensure that they operate before potentially harsh weather round began Tuesday night and is expected to last until Wednesday at several places.This disaster also led to a sense of solidarity among the victims. In addition involved in the search for victims under the rubble, people use social networking sites like Facebook and microblogging are like Twitter to find missing persons and fundraising assistance.