NU Online News Service, May 25, 2:59 p.m. EDT

State Farm spokesman John Wiscaver has been with the company for 23 years and calls the damage caused by a tornado in Joplin, Mo., “as bad as I have ever seen.”

He adds, “The damage is significant. You look at the severity—buildings made of steel twisted and flattened to the ground.”

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