Video Update on twister in N Minneapolis.
U.S. tornado death toll mounts, many still missing
US: Joplin Storm Contained a Rare Multivortex Tornado
The death toll from Sunday's tornado has risen to 122, making it the eighth-deadliest tornado in U.S. history, the National Weather Service said.
The Joplin twister was upgraded to EF-5, the strongest category on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with winds exceeding 200 mph. The storm was apparently a "multivortex" tornado, with two or more small and intense centers of rotation orbiting the larger funnel, a rare occurrence.
It's the country's deadliest storm since 1950.
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