132 Confirmed Dead in Joplin – 156 Still Missing

156 people are still listed as missing in Joplin, Missouri.

90 people were taken off the list in the last 24 hours. But 20 more names were added to the list.

Five days after the worst tornado in decades 156 people are still missing in Joplin, Missouri.
The New York Times reported:

The number of people unaccounted for from this week’s tornado has been reduced to 156, officials said on Friday, as families received their first official notifications of the death of loved ones.

But the situation in Joplin remained confusing for many families as the vast majority of bodies had not been released from the morgue, and the authorities were unable to agree on the number of people who had died: The city says 132; the state, which is leading the effort, says 126.

State officials said they had confirmed the identities of 19 victims of Sunday’s tornado and had notified family members. The rest of the dead will presumably remain listed among the 156 missing until those bodies are identified.

Officials in Joplin said they had been able to pare down the list of the missing from Thursday’s tally of 232 after they had received “credible reports” that 90 people on the list had been found to be safe.

But the authorities said they had also received 22 new reports of people who have been missing since the tornado ruined as much as one-third of this southwest Missouri city.

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   #1 May 27, 2011 at 8:46 pm

   desert rose commented:

   My prayers go out to these people. It is truly heartbreaking. Barry will be back on Sunday and make everything ok.

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   #2 May 27, 2011 at 8:59 pm

   Ginger commented:

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   #3 May 27, 2011 at 9:09 pm

   Ginger commented:

   My heart goes out to the people who has lost their lives and the family and friends of their loved ones. Call me nuts but I really believe that the chemtrails are doing this to nature! In my many years of watching the skys I have never seen so many chem trails in the skys. Comtrails are short streaks of white that follows the jets. I strongly believe this is part of the plan to devastate our country. Floods and tornados

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   #4 May 27, 2011 at 9:34 pm

   donh commented:

   I heard report today that lots of people are coming into the hospital having stepped on nails. The cross of Jesus has truely drawn Joplin near to God’s suffering over the sins of man.

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   #5 May 27, 2011 at 10:38 pm

   Tammycracker commented:

   I love the end of the video: Guys with tools, immediately rebuilding.
   That is the America I know and love. Pick yourself up, build again.
   God bless America!