The mile-wide EF5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma was part of a succession of 22 tornadoes that spun across six states on Monday. This came just one day after a northeast-moving storm from Texas to Minnesota produced about 300 appearances of hail and high winds.

Though it’s too early to draw accurate or justifiable comparisons, current scenes from Moore look eerily familiar to the devastation found in Joplin almost two years ago, when an EF5 tornado ripped through the Missouri town. Far less deadly than the Joplin twister—which claimed 161 lives while injuring hundreds more—Monday’s tornado in Moore, Okla. similarly carved a path through a heavily populated swath of the city.

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