Steven Weersing, known to many as "miracle boy" after surviving the 2011 Joplin tornado, is opening up to PEOPLE about how the twister changed his perspective on family and fatherhood Two years after ...

Opening Shot: News footage of the massive EF5 tornado that touched down in Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. The Gist: The first episode of Survival Mode is about the EF5 tornado in Joplin that killed ...

From the producers of "Dateline," NBC's new series "Survival Mode" will give viewers an inside look at some of the largest and most recent disasters through accounts from those who lived through them.

Jul. 7—Services for Mark Alan Lindquist, who will be familiar to many Globe readers, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Southwest City. The visitation will be at 10 a.m. Monday at ...

“The fungus was just taking over me,” Steven Weersing said in a new Netflix documentary The EF-5 tornado that ripped through Joplin, Mo., in 2011 killed 158 people, but another deadly threat lurked in ...

JOPLIN, Mo. - In the aftermath of the Joplin tornado, some people injured in the storm developed a rare and sometimes fatal fungal infection so aggressive that it turned their tissue black and caused ...

No community would willingly sign up for a deadly tornado, but at some point, tragedy and destruction become the opportunity to thoughtfully make things better than before. St. Louis now has the ...

People took refuge in bathrooms, hallways or wherever they could, including in a convenience store freezer as the City of Joplin, Missouri was devastated by a tornado with winds up to 165mph. At least ...

Joplin residents just can't catch a break this month. An aggressive fungal infection struck at least five victims of the Joplin tornado, according to a doctor at one of the town's hospitals. Three of ...