Tornadoes rip through central U.S.
Joplin city manager Mark Rohr announced the number of known dead at a pre-dawn news conference outside the wreckage of a hospital that took a direct hit from Sunday's storm. Rohr said the twister cut a path nearly six miles long and more than a half-mile wide through the center of town. Damaged vehicles litter the parking lot of St. John's Hospital. AP
