Governor's office says Joplin death toll now 117; tornado single deadliest in US

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Governor's office says Joplin death toll now 117; tornado single deadliest in US

since 1950

By Alan Scher Zagier,Jim Salter, The Associated Press | The Canadian Press – 2

hours 27 minutes ago

JOPLIN, Mo. - The death toll from a Missouri tornado stands at 117, making it

the single deadliest tornado in the U.S. since at least 1950.

Gov. Jay Nixon's spokesman, Sam Murphey, said Tuesday morning that the death

toll is now 117.

Until this week, the single deadliest tornado on record with the National

Weather Service in the past six decades was a twister that killed 116 people in

Flint, Michigan, in 1953.

More deaths have resulted from outbreaks of multiple tornadoes. In April, a pack

of twisters roared across six Southern states, killing more than 300 people,

more than two-thirds of them in Alabama. April 27 was the single deadliest day

for tornadoes since 1950.