President Obama Visits Tornado-Ravaged Joplin, Missouri

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Heidi Ackerson, sits in the street near her home with one of her dogs on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Joplin, Missouri. Ackerson and her husband, Darrell, hid in a closet in their home during the tornado that hit their home on Sunday.

• Tornadoes in the American South