An estimated 75 percent of the buildings in the small city of Joplin were badly damaged in Sunday’s tornado. The city’s local weather man, Alan Matthews, co-host of the TV program, “Good Morning Four States,” at Channel 12, KODE in Joplin lost his home. His roof was ripped of by the tornado. He, his wife and his two dogs survived by taking refuge in the bathtub and holding on while the twister tore through town.
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