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Aerial photographs of Joplin before and after an EF5 tornado
The Weather Channel has contrasted images, from Google Earth with those just released by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to show the horrific devastation in Joplin, Mo., before and after it was devastated by an EF5 tornado, which ripped through the town with winds of more than 200mph.
Image credit: Google Earth and NOAA
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Perplexing photo from the Joplin Missouri Tornado
Via the Weather Channel