Netflix's documentary 'Twister: Caught in the Storm' shares a closer look at the natural disaster nearly 14 years later The Joplin tornado became one of the deadliest twisters in United States ...

Image via Shutterstock A teen, who survived a devastating EF5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, in 2011, is speaking out all these years later. The devastating storm killed 160 and injured more than 1,000.

Cecil Cornish in the Netflix documentary The Twister: Caught in the Storm. NEED TO KNOW. Cecil Cornish was one of the survivors of the deadly EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Mo., in 2011.

The Joplin tornado, also referred to as the Joplin EF5, struck the city on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011. EF5 is the most intense rating on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale for tornadoes.

Sean Wilson said the Joplin tornado aftermath was akin to a war zone. "It's pure survival mode," he said. "It's just reality. I mean it's something that actually happened that could happen to any ...

ST. LOUIS — A 22-mile-long path of destruction was carved into St. Louis on May 16, leaving five people dead and over $1.6 billion in damages. The historic EF3 tornado caused the "largest ...

Linda Dinwiddie stands outside a tornado-damaged house belonging to her nephew Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Joplin , Mo. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The new Mercy Joplin (Mo.) Hospital is slated to open March 22, nearly four years after a tornado ripped through the area destroying the old St. John's Medical Center in Joplin, according to a ...