May 22nd 2011 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

May 22nd, 2011, a tornado struck joplin, missouri, leaving 161 people dead and over 1,000 injured. as the u.s. enters peak tornado season we have the resources that you need to know about to keep your family safe. adam klotz is out on the fox square. federal alliance for safe homes leslie chapman henderson. adam. adam: thanks, ainsley and thanks for joining us, leslie. leslie, i'm right here at the storm shelter that you all sent us. what is this? can you explain it to the folks? >> you bet. that is a tornado safe room generically a fema tornado safe room. it's an above ground shelter. and it ...

Bill: folks in missouri understandably on edge, but joplin on that finds. the most powerful tornado, an ef5 striking that city of 50,000 on may 22nd, 2011. winds topping 200 miles an hour. homes were destroyed, schools and a major hospital. of of the town was left unrecognizable. the joplin twister going down in history books as the single deadliest tornado since recordkeeping started in 1950. hundreds lost their lives that day in joplin. martha: we find incredible stories of survival. a couple in kansas say they are lucky to be alive after the trailer they were in actually flipped over and as...