Joplin tornado, one year on: how residents are rebuilding their homes – and lives

On 22 May last year, Joplin, Missouri was struck by a mile-wide tornado, the deadliest to hit the US since records began. One hundred and sixty-one people died, and more than eight thousand homes were destroyed. Scroll over the pictures to see the damage the tornado wrought – and how the process of rebuilding the Missouri town has taken shape

• Ed Pilkington: Joplin rebuilds but destruction is ever present