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APNewsBreak: Joplin Victims Offered Existing Homes
getting things like water, sewer lines and developing pads for trailers would take substantial time. City Administrator Mark Rohr said the goal is to keep people as close to home as possible but that "based on the circumstances we'll have to respond
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Obama Consoles Tornado-Ravaged Joplin
crowd wore white T-shirts emblazoned, "Joplin's Heart Will Sing Again." "We will rebuild Joplin," City Manager Mark Rohr told the crowd. "You have my word on it." Obama made the same vow hours earlier during the service, telling locals
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Obama Tours Twister-Ravaged Neighborhood in Joplin
crowd wore white T-shirts emblazoned, "Joplin's Heart Will Sing Again." "We will rebuild Joplin," City Manager Mark Rohr told the crowd. "You have my word on it." Obama returned to the U.S. on Saturday from a six-day European tour
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Death Toll From Joplin Tornado Is at Least 139
nephew at a news conference. "Knowing that he was gone right away was really a blessing for us." Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr said Saturday during a news conference that the death toll rose by three to at least 142, but later revised that figure
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Missouri Tornado Death Toll at 132; Funerals Begin
for days that while they believed many on the list were alive and safe, others likely had been killed. City manager Mark Rohr acknowledged during an afternoon news conference that there may be "significant overlap" between the confirmed dead
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By the Numbers: 2011 Tornado Season
2011, as of May 26: 513. — Highest recorded death toll in a single year: 519, in 1953. Source: Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr ; Missouri Department of Public Safety; National Weather Service and it's Storm Prediction Center's preliminary tornado
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Some of Joplin's Missing Turn up Safe, Alive
before they reached her Monday morning. Not all of the stories of the missing will end so well. Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr announced Thursday that the death toll had risen to 126. Some of their families waited Thursday for their remains to
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Towns Hit by Twisters Offer Rebuilding Road Map
number of vehicles — from cars to tractor-trailers, even the hospital helicopter — were mangled. City Manager Mark Rohr said planners are already plotting a comeback, vowing Joplin "will recover stronger than when we began." Federal
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126th Death Confirmed From Joplin Tornado
from the massive tornado that devastated the southwest Missouri town of Joplin now stands at 126. Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr announced the updated figure to reporters Thursday after meeting with residents and government officials about plans to
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Towns Hit by Twisters Offer Rebuilding Road Map
number of vehicles — from cars to tractor-trailers, even the hospital helicopter — were mangled. City Manager Mark Rohr said planners are already plotting a comeback, vowing Joplin "will recover stronger than when we began." Federal
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Towns Hit by Twisters Offer Rebuilding Road Map
number of vehicles — from cars to tractor-trailers, even the hospital helicopter — were mangled. City Manager Mark Rohr said planners are already plotting a comeback, vowing Joplin "will recover stronger than when we began." Federal
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Joplin Tornado Death Toll Rises to 125
disaster. They planned to do a fifth sweep, too. "We never give up. We're not going to give up," City Manager Mark Rohr told a news conference. "We'll continue to search as we develop the next phase in the process." Rohr raised by three
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Most 'Unaccounted For' in Mo. Tornado Believed OK
in debris or have died. "There has been information in news sources that 1,500 people are missing," City Manager Mark Rohr said. "That does not mean they are injured or deceased. It means that loved ones are not aware of their whereabouts
