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NIST Marks Joplin Tornado Fifth Anniversary with Focus on Resiliency

June 1, 2016 - in Corporate, Planning

Disaster struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, when the deadliest and costliest single tornado in U.S. history left a 35-kilometer (22-mile) long path of destruction. The storm killed 161 people, destroyed some 8,000 structures and left $2.8 billion in…