UPDATE Breaking news: Early reports of 24 dead in Joplin, Missouri tornado. Hospital hit. Two fire stations lose roofs. Fire & police radio traffic. Video.

Above is a recording of a live report from The Weather Channel's Mike Bettes. Click here to watch the coverage live.

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Details on mutual aid to Joplin

Hospital & other storm debris scattered across Ozarks

Storm chasers in Joplin, Missouri were the first to tell STATter911.com a tornado this evening hit a hospital caused numerous injuries. The live radio link above is quite active on a signigifcant and widespread MCI. Below is the initial radio traffic from Jasper County. 

From KSDK-TV at 8:43 PM CDT:

Ryan Nicholls from the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management has said at least 24 people are dead after a tornado tore through Joplin, MO around 6p.m. Saturday.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Mike Griffin has said that Joplin was directly hit by a tornado that touched down in the center of the town. 

Jonathan Miller, Springfield News-Leader. Click the image for the paper's coverage.

From KOAM-TV at 8:45 PM CDT:

KOAM photographer Crystal Albright was at 15th and Range Line.  She says the Burger King is gone.  King's Palace was catching on fire at the time.

From stltoday.com:

Authorities say a tornado has hit a Joplin hospital and caused the roofs of two city fire stations to collapse.

Jasper County Emergency Management Director Keith Stammer says a tornado hit the St. John's Regional Medical Center on the city's south side. He said there are multiple reports of injuries from the twister that struck around 6 p.m. Sunday.

From KSHB-TV:

The St. John's Regional Medical Center sustained major damage.There were reports of fires throughout the building and fears of an explosion occuring due to broken gas lines.

From OzarksFirst.com:

Portions of the top of St. John's Hospital were sheared off. There are concerns about an explosion at the medical facility.

Springfield-based ambulances and EMS workers are being sent to St. John's in Joplin, where the west tower was struck by a tornado.

Around 5:30 p.m. a multi-vortex tornado was reported near 13th and Rangeline Road with reports of damage to numerous trees and houses. 

From KOAM-TV:

Starting at 20th and Rangeline a tornado destroyed countless buildings throughout the area. 

At the 15th and Rangeline Walmart ambulances lined the street as emergency rescue officials across the Four-States have responded to rescue hundreds of residents trapped inside the building.

St. John's hospital was also hit hard by the tornado.  One resident living nearly 45-miles away from the hospital says his yard is now full of debris from the hospital– medical supplies and x-rays.

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