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PHOTO GALLERY: Aftermath in Joplin

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 | 11:33 p.m. CDT; updated 9:18 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, May 25, 2011

A metal chair is stuck into the outer wall of an Academy Sports + Outdoors store off South Range Line Road in Joplin after Sunday's EF5 tornado.   ¦  Grant Hindsley/Missourian

BY Missourian staff

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Many areas of Joplin appear to be a complete loss after a tornado wiped out parts of the city.

Joplin: Aftermath, May 24.   ¦  Missourian staff

An apartment in the Plaza Apartments complex lies exposed to the elements after the tornado in Joplin.   ¦  Kristan Lieb

The Plaza apartment complex, located in east Joplin, joins the many other buildings in the city devastated by Sunday's violent weather.   ¦  Christopher Parks

Providing food, shelter and medical treatment to those displaced by the tornado, Red Cross housed more than 150 people at Missouri Southern State University.   ¦  Christopher Parks

Volunteers go on a search and rescue mission after hearing a rumor that a survivor was found in the wreckage Tuesday afternoon. They found no one.   ¦  Kristan Lieb

St. Louis Strike Team 3's Joe Waddell takes a lunch break Tuesday after searching for survivors all morning in Joplin.   ¦  GRANT HINDSLEY/Missourian

A bedroom is left open to the elements on Tuesday afternoon after Joplin's EF5 tornado.   ¦  Grant Hindsley/Missourian

An overturned car sits in front of the Plaza Apartment complex which is uninhabitable after the tornado. Dozens of fire alarms still ring in the dormant apartments.   ¦  Kristan Lieb

Richard Simpson, 71, stands in the doorway of his home in Joplin, which received heavy damage from Sunday evening's weather.   ¦  Christopher Parks

Sunday's weather carved a path through western Joplin that leveled most buildings in the central Joplin area.   ¦  Christopher Parks

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