ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. government forecasters are using a relatively rare “high-risk” designation — the highest category they ...

On May 22, 2011, the Joplin tornado struck with catastrophic force, claiming 158 lives and leaving countless others injured. Among the survivors was a then-16-year-old Steven Weersing, who was driving ...

including a rare outbreak of a flesh-eating fungal infection. Netflix's The Twister: Caught in the Storm focuses on the catastrophic EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011.

The EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri in 2011 caused a lot of damage, but nobody could have predicted that it would have started this outbreak.

The report said that five Joplin tornado victims were treated for rare fungus disease, out of which three who contracted zygomycosis died. Around 161 people were killed by the 2011 Joplin tornado.

Director-writer Alexandra Lacey now turns her attention to Joplin, Missouri ... sucked out of his car only to catch a flesh-eating fungus, the captain of the football team-turned-paramedic.

Courtesy of Netflix The EF-5 tornado that ripped through Joplin, Mo., in 2011 killed 158 people, but another deadly threat lurked in the shadows: a rare and potentially deadly fungus. Now ...

“What really struck me was the lasting mental health impact on the folks there in Joplin. Every time the wind gets stronger, or the sirens go…. It’s really hard.” With a video archive of ...

The EF-5 tornado that ripped through Joplin, Mo., in 2011 killed 158 people, but another deadly threat lurked in the shadows: a rare and potentially deadly fungus. Now, nearly 14 years later, a man ...