Missouri officials say tornado killed at least 89

JOPLIN, Mo. — A mas­sive tor­nado that tore a 6-mile path across south­west­ern Mis­souri killed at least 89 peo­ple as it slammed into the city of Joplin, rip­ping into a hos­pi­tal, crush­ing cars like soda cans and leav­ing a for­est of splin­tered tree trunks behind where entire neigh­bor­hoods once stood.