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good evening. in joplin, missouri, where they are still trying to reconcile who lived and who died from last weekend s powerful tornado, the death toll grew again today to at least 142, with a significant number of people still unaccounted for. with ten more victims found, including a teenager swept away just hours after his high school graduation, this is now the deadliest tornado season in the u.s. since 1947. at least 522 tornado deaths this year, from the upper midwest to the deep south. nbc s ron allen remains in joplin tonight for us and joins us now with the latest. ron? reporter: good evening to you, lester. today town officials here said that the water is now safe to drink. and power has been restored to most parts of the city that are still standing, but they are still counting their losses. about 100 people are still considered missing. some families still don t have a good idea of exactly what happened to their loved ones. somewhere in this rubble is the house w