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UPDATE AND VIDEO: EF4 Tornado Death toll now 116 in Joplin Missouri

Death toll in tornado that hit Joplin Missouri at 5:41 pm Sunday evening has now risen to 116. This makes this the second deadliest tornado in US history since the National Weather Service began keeping records in 1950. Report of 400 injuries. Tornado is rated EF4 with winds of 190-198 mph. Width 3/4 mile wide.

The following video is of the tornado as it began to go into Joplin Sunday evening :

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