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Before and After: Joplin Digs Out from Debris Two Months After Tornado

Before-and-after images of Joplin, Mo. illustrate the amount of debris that had to be removed, and show the slow but steady progress the town is making towards digging out and rebuilding.

By Alan Scher Zagier, Associated Press | Updated on July 25, 2011

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Two months after a huge tornado split Joplin in half, the recovery here has barely begun, and the city remains focused on cleaning up massive mounds of debris. But local leaders say Joplin and the neighboring village of Duquesne already face another question: How much to rebuild and how much to reinvent?

In Joplin, city officials, neighborhoods and families are beginning to confront decisions that involve trade-offs of cost, speed, quality and uncertainty: whether to strengthen building codes to produce better houses, but also some delay; to plot out more parks and amenities that would raise the quality of life, but require detailed planning; to require new storm safety features that would balance peace of mind against more expense for those of modest incomes.

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