The Twister: Caught in the Storm
The Twister: Caught in the Storm is a 2025 documentary produced by Netflix. The films details the events of a devastating EF5 tornado that caused catastrophic damage and killed 158 people in the city of Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. The documentary was released on March 19, 2025.
Plot
The documentary is shown from the perspective of a group of teenagers who survive the tornado, which struck Joplin on graduation day. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the plot centers around "a couple forced to shelter in a freezer, a 17-year-old working in the local frozen yoghurt shop, a school drop-out sucked out of his car only to catch a flesh-eating fungus, [and] the captain of the football team-turned-paramedic".
Cast
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keywords | force graduation graduation day the hollywood reporter |
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producer | Robin Le Chanu Tim King |
publisher | Netflix |
theme | documentary |