Joplin remembers 13-year anniversary of tornado

Thirteen years.

A day the city will forever remember.

The May 22, 2011, Joplin tornado, caused 161 fatalities and more than 1,000 injuries, making it the deadliest single tornado on record in the U.S. since official records began in 1950.

The damage made this the costliest tornado on record as well, with losses approaching $3 billion. It damaged 553 business structures and nearly 7,500 residential structures; over 3,000 of those residences were heavily damaged or completely destroyed.

Click here to read the NWS' full report

Listen below to Newstalk KZRG's five-part segment made about the anniversary of the tornado:

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Below is just a few minutes of our coverage that day as it happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMU3cvXhAkg

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Below is a photo gallery from the Associated Press:

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