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Tornado ravages capital city of Missouri

By PHOTOS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

May 23, 2019

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The large tornado that moved over Jefferson City, Mo., before midnight heavily damaged buildings, including the home of survivor Larry Jett who thought he would die in the storm.
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A car dealership in Jefferson City, Missouri suffered extensive damage after a tornado tore through the capital city as part of an outbreak of severe weather across the state overnight.
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Chris Higgins via AP

This still image taken from video shows a tornado in Carl Junction, Mo., on Wednesday. The tornado caused damage in the town about 4 miles (6.44 kilometers) north of the Joplin airport.
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This aerial image shows severe storm damage in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state.
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Chris Higgins via AP

This still image taken from video shows a tornado on Wednesday in Carl Junction, Mo. The tornado caused some damage in the town of Carl Junction, about 4 miles (6.44 kilometers) north of the Joplin airport.
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DroneBase via AP

This aerial image shows severe storm damage in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state.
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Shayla Brooks via AP

This still image taken from video shows a tornado on Wednesday in Carl Junction, Mo. The tornado caused some damage in the town of Carl Junction, about 4 miles (6.44 kilometers) north of the Joplin airport.
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Liv Paggiarino/Missourian via AP

The Lincoln University President's Residence is inspected on Thursday afternoon in Jefferson City, Mo. The president of the university rode out a tornado in the basement of his official residence, which was severely damaged by the storm. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports President Jerald Woolfolk was not injured in the tornado overnight Wednesday. Lincoln University spokeswoman Misty Young said the home appears to be uninhabitable. It was built in 1916 and bought by the university in 1965.
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This aerial image shows severe storm damage in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state.
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This aerial image shows severe storm damage in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state.
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This aerial image shows severe storm damage in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state.
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This aerial image shows severe storm damage in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state.
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This aerial image shows severe storm damage in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state.
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This aerial image shows severe storm damage in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state.
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This aerial image shows severe storm damage in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state.
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This aerial image shows severe storm damage in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state.
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This aerial image shows severe storm damage in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state.
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Severe storm damage is seen in an aerial photo in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state that left at least three people dead and dozens injured. The National Weather Service confirmed that the large and destructive twister moved over Jefferson City shortly before midnight Wednesday.
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Kate Seaman/Missourian via AP

An uprooted tree rests on a house on Thursday morning in Eldon, Mo. The family living in the house returned Thursday morning after consulting a tree removal specialist.
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Severe storm damage is seen in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday after a tornado hit overnight. A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri's capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state.
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Debris from a home that David Surprenant rents with his family is scattered across the lawn Thursday the morning after a tornado hit Jefferson City, Mo. Surprenant said his family fled to the basement while he watched the sky outside. Officials are going door-to-door to survey damage after a tornado ripped a 3-mile path through Missouri's capital city. The destruction in Jefferson City was part of an outbreak of severe weather overnight.
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Kate Seaman/Missourian via AP

The vacancy sign from the Historic Randles Court is blown to the ground Thursday morning in Eldon, Mo. "I heard the sound change and I thought it was a pressure change. But then I came outside and saw what happened," property owner Jennifer Hart said. Hart and her husband rode out the tornado from inside the main office.
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