JOPLIN, Mo., June 1 (UPI) -- With all citizens accounted for, the Missouri Department of Public Safety said Wednesday the death toll from the May 22 tornado that smashed Joplin was at 134.
The State Highway Patrol has accounted for the final 10 individuals who had still been on its list Tuesday and the next-of-kin had been notified for 134 people who died in the storm, the Public Safety Department said in a release.