From the producers of "Dateline," NBC's new series "Survival Mode" will give viewers an inside look at some of the largest and most recent disasters through accounts from those who lived through them.

At least 116 are dead and nearly 30 percent of city damaged. May 23, 2011 — -- Rescue efforts are under way as residents of Joplin, Mo., try to pick up the pieces of their lives after a ...

School doors open in Joplin, Mo., three months after deadly tornado. Aug. 17, 2011 -- For a town desperately seeking a return to some sense of normalcy, the ringing of school bells is more welcome ...

When a tornado struck Joplin on May 22, 2011, killing 161 people and causing about $2 billion in damage, President Barack Obama issued a major disaster declaration the next day. That action ...