Joplin Fallout: Everyone Accounted For

Death toll now at 124
Posted Jun 1, 2011 4:05 PM CDT
Joplin Fallout: Everyone Accounted For
In this May 29, 2011 photo, Scott Vorhees, left, and his friend Doc Murphy watch while a volunteer with a tractor uses a chain to pull down what remained of Vorhees' devastated Joplin, Mo., home.   (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Joplin has crossed all the names off its list of missing people. Everyone has now been accounted for, the Missouri Department of Public Safety announced today, saying it was the final report they'll be issuing on the matter. The "confirmed deceased" toll now stands at 124, NPR reports. (More Joplin tornado stories.)

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