This two-photo combo shows a scene taken on May 23, 2011, top, and again on July 21, 2011 showing progress made in Joplin, Mo. nearly two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 159 people. In the top photo, Anita Stokes salvages items from her home, which today stands cleared of much of the tornado debris.
This two-photo combo shows a scene taken on May 23, 2011, top, and again on July 21, 2011 showing progress made in Joplin, Mo. nearly two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 159 people. In the top photo, Don Atteberry, 89, surveys damage at his home that was severely damaged by the tornado and is today cleared with just a sign a reminder of the past residents.
This two-photo combo shows a scene taken on May 23, 2011, top, and again on July 21, 2011 showing progress made in Joplin, Mo. nearly two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 159 people.
This two-photo combo shows a scene taken on May 23, 2011, top, and again on July 20, 2011 showing progress made in Joplin, Mo. nearly two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 159 people. In the top photo, Laura Vanzant looks for her dog at her home that was destroyed by the tornado and is today cleared of debris.
This two-photo combo shows a scene taken on May 25, 2011, top, and again on July 20, 2011 showing progress made in Joplin, Mo. nearly two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 159 people. In the top photo, Beverly Winans hugs her daughter Debbie Surlin while salvaging items from Winans' devastated home which today stands cleared of debris.
This two-photo combo taken with a fisheye lens shows a scene taken on May 25, 2011, top, and again on July 21, 2011 showing progress made in Joplin, Mo. nearly two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 159 people. In the top photo, David Turner, from Waco, Tex., sorts through belongings in a house occupied by his two sisters in a neighborhood now mostly cleared of debris.
This two-photo combo taken with a fisheye lens shows a scene taken on May 27, 2011, top, and again on July 21, 2011 showing progress made in Joplin, Mo. nearly two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 159 people. In the top photo, Jim Goff carries salvaged items to his car as he helps a friend retrieve items from a destroyed home in a neighborhood now mostly cleared of debris.
This two-photo combo shows a scene taken on May 27, 2011, top, and again on July 21, 2011 showing progress made in Joplin, Mo. nearly two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 159 people.
This two-photo combo shows a scene taken on May 28, 2011, top, and again on July 21, 2011 showing progress made in Joplin, Mo. nearly two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 159 people. In the top photo, Patrick O'Banion salvages items from his devastated home in a neighborhood now mostly cleared of debris.
In this July 21, 2011 photo, workers survey a cleared lot in Joplin, Mo, nearly two months after a tornado hit the the city on May 22, destroying a large swath of the community and killing 159 people.
In this July 21, 2011 photo, Mike Downy attaches a brace to a wall as he rebuilds a tornado-damaged home in Joplin, Mo. Two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the community and killed 159 people, rebuilding efforts are taking shape across the city.
In this July 21, 2011 photo, construction workers Jeff Law, left, Liberty Harris, center, and Mike Downy raise a wall as they rebuild a tornado-damaged home in Joplin, Mo. Two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the community and killed 159 people, rebuilding efforts are taking shape across the city.
In this July 21, 2011 photo, flowers grow next to a Bible laying among tornado debris in Joplin, Mo. Two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the community and killed 159 people, rebuilding efforts are taking shape across the city.
In this July 21, 2011 photo, volunteers with the Davis Street Christian Church in Ottumwa, Iowa, Megan Matthias, left, Amanda Wakelin, Jordan Hagedon, and Stefanie Mathias, right, clear tornado debris from a lot in Joplin, Mo. Two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the community and killed 159 people, rebuilding efforts are taking shape across the city.
In this July 21, 2011 photo, a worker walks among a pile of debris at a landfill in Galena, Kan., where some of the 2 million cubic yards of tornado debris have been hauled from nearby Joplin, Mo. Two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of Joplin and killed 159 people, cleanup and rebuilding rebuilding efforts are taking shape across the city.
In this July 21, 2011 photo, a worker unloads rubble at a landfill in Galena, Kan., where some of the 2 million cubic yards of tornado debris have been hauled from nearby Joplin, Mo. Two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of Joplin and killed 159 people, cleanup and rebuilding rebuilding efforts are taking shape across the city.
In this July 21, 2011 photo, a worker clears tornado debris from a lot in Joplin, Mo. Two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the community and killed 159 people, rebuilding efforts are taking shape across the city.
In this July 21, 2011 photo, a Home Depot store operates in a large tent along the path of tornado destruction in Joplin, Mo. The store was among a handful of businesses to provide interim services to customers while their destroyed or damaged businesses are rebuilt. Two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the community and killed 159 people, rebuilding efforts are taking shape across the city.
In this July 20, 2011 photo, a car drives down Main Street, which has been cleared of homes and businesses after they were destroyed by a tornado in Joplin, Mo. Two months after a tornado destroyed a large swath of the community and killed 159 people, rebuilding efforts are taking shape across the city.
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