shortformblog: Joplin, Missouri slammed by massive, devastating tornado “I would say 75% of the town is virtually gone.” Those are the words of Kathy Dennis of the American Red Cross worker currently in Joplin, Missouri, a town slammed by a tornado this evening. Throughout the Midwest this evening, a number of large storms have left a huge trail of destruction, flattening buildings and leaving Twitter loaded with many scary scenes like the one above taken by Twitter user @CarmenSeda (thanks to @ProducerMatthew for that). Greatly-damaged buildings (including crushed Wal-Marts) are all around the area, and the death toll is reportedly high, but CNN won’t even list an actual number. Scary. We’re going to give you guys a few more updates as the night goes on. source Living not too far away in Kansas City, when the news broke out on Twitter my feed was full of locals tweeting prayers, and spreading the word. Before even @BreakingNews tweeted the awful tornado,  our local Social Media Club created this Facebook Page  for people to update throughout the night about ways we can help. This page lists who and what resources are needed in Joplin, Mo, ranging from how to donate money, what volunteers are needed, and locals taking donations up to the city.

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Joplin, Missouri slammed by massive, devastating tornado

“I would say 75% of the town is virtually gone.” Those are the words of Kathy Dennis of the American Red Cross worker currently in Joplin, Missouri, a town slammed by a tornado this evening. Throughout the Midwest this evening, a number of large storms have left a huge trail of destruction, flattening buildings and leaving Twitter loaded with many scary scenes like the one above taken by Twitter user @CarmenSeda (thanks to @ProducerMatthew for that). Greatly-damaged buildings (including crushed Wal-Marts) are all around the area, and the death toll is reportedly high, but CNN won’t even list an actual number. Scary. We’re going to give you guys a few more updates as the night goes on. source

Living not too far away in Kansas City, when the news broke out on Twitter my feed was full of locals tweeting prayers, and spreading the word.

Before even @BreakingNews tweeted the awful tornado,  our local Social Media Club created this Facebook Page  for people to update throughout the night about ways we can help.

This page lists who and what resources are needed in Joplin, Mo, ranging from how to donate money, what volunteers are needed, and locals taking donations up to the city.

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    Just saw this on the news. Apparently the tornado slammed right into the hospital and patient records were found up to...
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    One of the women I work with has family here and her 16 year-old grandson is missing. Please pray and/or send good vibes...
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    75% of the town. Gone. Just like that. They’re not even estimating a death toll. They won’t even know the full extent of...
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