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(ABOVE): This two-photo combo taken with a fisheye lens shows a scene taken on May 27, 2011, top, and again on July 21, 2011 showing progress made in Joplin, Mo. nearly two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 159 people. In the top photo, Jim Goff carries salvaged items to his car as he helps a friend retrieve items from a destroyed home in a neighborhood now mostly cleared of debris.
(ABOVE): This two-photo combo shows a scene taken on May 28, 2011, top, and again on July 21, 2011 showing progress made in Joplin, Mo. nearly two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 159 people. In the top photo, Patrick O'Banion salvages items from his devastated home in a neighborhood now mostly cleared of debris.
(ABOVE): In this July 21, 2011 photo, volunteers with the Davis Street Christian Church in Ottumwa, Iowa, Megan Matthias, left, Amanda Wakelin, Jordan Hagedon, and Stefanie Mathias, right, clear tornado debris from a lot in Joplin, Mo. Two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the community and killed 159 people, rebuilding efforts are taking shape across the city.
(ABOVE): A man carries a young girl who was rescued after being trapped with her mother in their home after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo. on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011. The tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and businesses. |
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