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The Columbia Board of Realtors will continue accepting all types of shoes through noon Wednesday at locations around Columbia.

One couple's Joplin apartment complex was destroyed one day after they moved to an Oklahoma City suburb.

About 16,000 Ameren customers in Missouri are still without electricity in the aftermath of the recent storm. There were 68,000 homes and businesses without power, but as utility crews work to restore electricity, that number decreases.

The tornado that hit Joplin is similar to last month's storms that leveled urban communities throughout the South and led to high death tolls.

The devastation in Joplin has left at least 117 dead and destroyed much of the city's buildings, including Joplin High School. Crews are still working to find survivors in the rubble.

Houses, businesses, churches and schools were among the buildings destroyed by the tornado that hit Joplin on Sunday evening, killing at least 116 and injuring an unknown number of people.

Nearly 2,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed after Sunday's tornado ripped through Joplin.

The city manager in Joplin says the death toll from a tornado that struck the city Sunday has risen to 116 but added that seven people have been rescued.

The manager of a hospital service, a high school principal, families and customers at an IHOP restaurant, including two state legislators, recall where they were when the tornado hit Joplin.

Those with homes damaged in Sunday's tornado can receive federal aid for uninsured expenses, including temporary housing.

As of 3:15 a.m., the teams from Task Force One were conducting search-and-rescue missions.

Houses, churches, schools, businesses and homes were flattened after a tornado hit the city of Joplin on Sunday evening. Officials said at least 89 people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured during the storm.

Two Joplin natives tell stories of grief and relief after Sunday evening's tornado. 

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MU Health Care and the American Red Cross Mid-Missouri Chapter have been working to provide relief for the residents of Joplin.

Hertzberg family members count their blessings after boarding up the windows of their damaged Joplin home.

Staff at St. John's Regional Medical Center helped patients evacuate after a tornado destroyed much of the building. Patients were then sent to other hospitals for treatment.

Traditional media and citizen journalists have been uploading videos of the devastation in Joplin to YouTube. Here are a couple of those videos.

Arkansas offers assistance to Joplin as severe storms tear through state.

After the tornado leveled her hometown, MU student and Missourian reporter Eliza Smith packed up her car and headed home.