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Emergency personnel walk through a neighborhood severely damaged by a tornado near the Joplin Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.

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Damage to St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., is shown after it was hit by a tornado on Sunday, May 22.
Deadly storms continue in Midwest as Joplin, Mo., hospital takes direct hit
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