Joplin Missouri Tornado! Raw Footage! Compilation Video! Dog Saved! Train Derails!

A tornado touched down Sunday in Joplin, Missouri, killing 89 people. The latest tornado to hit the South has raised the death toll to more than 400 people in recent months after a series of devastating twisters.

The May 22 tornado ripped a six-mile path across the southwestern part of Missouri. It was estimated to be a half-mile across when it hit Joplin, Slate reported.

If you can't get on the ground to help in person, social media offers ways to help those most in need. You can also check out Mashable's original post for ways you can help victims of other recent tornadoes. Below we've collected some quick ways you can support those in Missouri.

Relief Spark is a non-profit focused on remodeling schools, but in the wake of the tornado, it has turned its Twitter feed into a valuable resource of information. Sample tweets direct first responders to meeting places and to posting what shelters have just opened their doors.
A bunch of Facebook Pages have sprouted up to help residents find loved ones and join in the recovery process, including the Joplin, MO Tornado Recovery Page and a Joplin, MO Survivors' Page.
You can search for Missouri-based Red Cross shelter centers or check out how the Red Cross is helping disaster victims across the American South. You can also donate to support their efforts.
OzarksFirst.com, a local community and new site, has also put together a tremendous resource with help hotlines, phone numbers and web pages for volunteers and victims. It provides emergency numbers, the state senator's office number and special hotlines for nurses and doctors looking to lend a hand. Help pages include the State Emergency Management Agency, Show-Me Response, a Facebook Page for the local hospital, which was badly damaged in the twister, and even a page for locating and reuniting with lost pets.
There are, of course, hundreds more ways to help tornado victims through monetary and supply donations or simply monitoring the help and lost person's pages to assist in finding matches. Let us know in the comments how you plan on helping and any other good resources to get aid to Joplin.

Note: With all charities and non-profits, make sure any site you visit is properly registered and trustworthy before blindly sending money. Make sure your help does the most good possible.

http://openld.com/2011/05/23/4-ways-to-help-missouri%E2%80%99s-tornado-victims/

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[CallOfDutyGlitchGirl]

That was epic music.. Nice video. Ummm my cousin lives down there... I should call..

[nightsmoke3337]

@CallOfDutyGlitchGirl hopefully they're ok :(

[sydbc]

This is my area!. =( Glad I decided not to go to Joplin like I usually do on Sundays.

[nightsmoke3337]

@sydbc im so sorry :(

[tirebay123]

when people say the end is near the people of joplin thought this day was it i cant even imagine what their lives that day

[lordhelmit3]

@mavkat5 200mph, and 148 people

[demonsparkx]

insert gay chuck norris joke here----..... no but seriously holy FUCK thats brutal damage

[mavkat5]

I live in JOPLIN,,8000 structures gone,500 businesses,,f5 clocked 300 mph winds,multi vortex,,160 people died....patients literally sucked out of beds and rooms of hospital,,My City is in mourning...Pray for the hurt to go away;-((

[ajlee35]

this is really well done on putting the actual footage together. thanks

[williejenkins666]

Too bad that tornado couldn't have killed everyone in Missouri. What a fucking shithole that state is!!!!

[enochseyes3]

You can thank your US military run HAARP facility for this crap!! HAARP rings were spotted on the satellite images that day. You were hit on purpose because the governor was fighting the army corp of engineers in court to keep them away from letting those damns go. And that's the truth. My love and prayers are for all in Missouri. My dad was born in St. Louis.

[shaun6906]

I just got back from Joplin delivering goods and helping with the search. There are no words nor videos that descrive the devastation. You can see it on here and think how bad it is, but when you actually get there and see it first hand its much worse. its amazing anyone in the path of that tornado survived. Keep them in your prayers!

[Tarten46]

@sweetismami28 thanks, it will get better.