For Dr. Casey, it’s critical to be here to respond to the trauma of the storm and its aftermath. She thanks Mayor Spencer for ...

Steven Weersing, nicknamed 'miracle boy' after surviving the 2011 Joplin tornado, is opening up to PEOPLE about what he learned about family and fatherhood after the storm.

Steven Weersing, who was just 16 when he survived the 2011 Joplin tornado, credits his father for teaching him all he knows about being a dad Steven Weersing, known to many as "miracle boy" after ...

Cecil Cornish, one of the survivors of the EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, in 2011, says he has received several messages from supporters since the release of the Netflix documentary ...

School doors open in Joplin, Mo., three months after deadly tornado. Aug. 17, 2011 -- For a town desperately seeking a return to some sense of normalcy, the ringing of school bells is more welcome ...

A view of the extensive tornado damage to a Walmart store in the city of Joplin from a Missouri National Guard Blackhawk helicopter on May 24, 2011, a few days after the twister hit the city.

June 10, 2011— -- At least eight victims of the tornado in Joplin have become ill with suspected fungal infections, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Three ...

Not long after the Joplin tornado hit, Steven became a father himself. His first daughter was born on May 23, 2013 — two years and one day after the twister changed his life.