KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – Three new schools will open in Joplin, Missouri, this week, the latest step in the town's recovery from a devastating 2011 tornado that killed 161 people and destroyed 8,000 buildings.
The tornado that hit Joplin on May 22, 2011, was the single deadliest in the United Statessince records were first kept in 1950, according to federal agencies that track storm impacts.
“Milestones are important in the road to recovery and this certainly is a big one for us,” said C.J. Huff, superintendent of Joplin schools. “We have worked hard to get to this point.”
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