Netflix documentary about Missouri tornado revisits one of the deadliest twisters in the U.S.

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March 24, 2025

Netflix documentary about Missouri tornado revisits one of the deadliest twisters in the U.S.

By By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press

The horror of the Joplin tornado is the subject of a new documentary film, released nearly 14 years after the twister struck Missouri with cataclysmic force, ripping into a hospital, destroying neighborhoods and killing around 160.

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April 26, 2025

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