This disaster is so severe that it has attracted the attention of the state's highest ranking politician.
Governor Matt Blunt arrived by helicopter to tour tornado-ravaged areas Monday afternoon.
This tornado did more than just shock the state of Missouri; really, it shocked the nation.
The governor touched on that Monday.
He promised federal and statewide help for the victims, one whom we spoke with.
From the looks of her place, that help can't arrive soon enough.
The weekend's storm floored everyone, from the average citizen to the highest ranking politician in the state.
As Neosho resident Teresa Bussey surveys her boyfriend’s property in Granby, she remarks with astonishment, “his plane in a tree, the barn was gone, the house demolished."
Equally astonished, Governor Blunt addresses the media with, “the worst of mother nature always brings out the best in Missourians."
Governor Blunt spent the afternoon sifting through what remains of Newton County.
Teresa did the same, but she didn't have to go far to see the damage.
“He was going towards his truck for the flashlight and you see there's no garage left so if he'd have actually went for the flashlight I don't think he'd be here today."
Teresa is helping her boyfriend Bill pick up the pieces of his life: his house, his single-engine airplane, his uprooted trees.
She wasn't here when the tornado came barreling through, but Bill was, and he was practically the only thing that remained when the funnel cloud moved out of Granby.
Teresa says, “just glad he was in the basement and no one got hurt.”
No one, but certainly not nothing.
The storm has ensured nothing is where it's supposed to be including the landscaping.
This living room now has a makeshift skylight.
But people like Teresa and her boyfriend are at least not left to fend for themselves.
“The health department will be there coordinating tetanus shots and they'll be testing water if they need to,” explains Debi Meeks, Executive Director of the Greater Ozarks Chapter of the American Red Cross.
The Red Cross is opening a multi-agency resource center Tuesday.
Residents can get everything from debit cards to something Teresa really needs... debris removal.
That multi-agency resource center opens at noon at the Calvary Baptist Church in Neosho.
If your home was damaged, just show up at the center with a form of identification and your address should already be on the Red Cross' list.
If you are unable to appear in person, just call 1-866-206-0256 and a case worker will be sent to you.