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Joplin, Missouri (CNN) -- Authorities in hard-hit Joplin on Thursday will release a list of people unaccounted for as the community deals with the aftermath of a tornado that tore homes and families apart.
At least 125 people were killed and 1,500 remain unaccounted for, authorities said.
As the southern Missouri city grapples with the aftermath, residents are hoping to find their loved ones.
Christina, Caleb and Robert Hayward said they have not seen their mother since the tornado tore through the city on Sunday.
"She went for pizza and never came back. It was three, four hours and we knew," Robert Hayward told CNN's Anderson Cooper Wednesday. "She's just ... We all miss her. She was a great person. She didn't deserve this at all. Any one of us would trade places with her."
How to help Joplin tornado victims
The Missouri Department of Public Safety will release the list of the missing at a morning news conference as anxious residents seek ways to locate their family members.
No rescues were conducted and no bodies were found on Wednesday, according to Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr.
Roughly 8,000 city structures were damaged, Rohr said, citing a Federal Emergency Management Agency report.
Sunday's tornado was the deadliest single U.S. tornado incident since modern record-keeping began 61 years ago.
Joplin narrowly avoided a repeat hit Tuesday and Wednesday as severe weather left 16 people dead in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
Severe storms moving toward Arkansas, Tennesee
A tornado touched down in the town of Ellsinore on the other side of Missouri, according to emergency officials in Carter county. They say five homes were destroyed, but there have been no reports of injuries or fatalities.
One of the frustrations for families desperately try to find their loved ones was a holdup at the morgue. Some were told they may have to wait for two weeks before they can visit the morgue to search for relatives.
In Joplin, a push to find the missing
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said state officials have been brought in to help.
"We're going to be moving to take over that part of the operation to get this information out much more quickly and respectfully for these families that need to hear the information about the loved ones who are -- have been lost," Nixon said.
Joplin resident Mike Hare said his 16-year-old son Lantz was ripped from a car by the powerful tornado.
Hare says he has searched hospitals and continually calls his son's cell phone, with no answer.
"It rang for the first day and a half and now it goes straight to voice mail, but just in case he gets it, I want him to know his dad loves him," Hare said.
At least 125 people were killed and 1,500 remain unaccounted for, authorities said.
As the southern Missouri city grapples with the aftermath, residents are hoping to find their loved ones.
Christina, Caleb and Robert Hayward said they have not seen their mother since the tornado tore through the city on Sunday.
"She went for pizza and never came back. It was three, four hours and we knew," Robert Hayward told CNN's Anderson Cooper Wednesday. "She's just ... We all miss her. She was a great person. She didn't deserve this at all. Any one of us would trade places with her."
How to help Joplin tornado victims
The Missouri Department of Public Safety will release the list of the missing at a morning news conference as anxious residents seek ways to locate their family members.
No rescues were conducted and no bodies were found on Wednesday, according to Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr.
Roughly 8,000 city structures were damaged, Rohr said, citing a Federal Emergency Management Agency report.
Sunday's tornado was the deadliest single U.S. tornado incident since modern record-keeping began 61 years ago.
Joplin narrowly avoided a repeat hit Tuesday and Wednesday as severe weather left 16 people dead in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
Severe storms moving toward Arkansas, Tennesee
A tornado touched down in the town of Ellsinore on the other side of Missouri, according to emergency officials in Carter county. They say five homes were destroyed, but there have been no reports of injuries or fatalities.
One of the frustrations for families desperately try to find their loved ones was a holdup at the morgue. Some were told they may have to wait for two weeks before they can visit the morgue to search for relatives.
In Joplin, a push to find the missing
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said state officials have been brought in to help.
"We're going to be moving to take over that part of the operation to get this information out much more quickly and respectfully for these families that need to hear the information about the loved ones who are -- have been lost," Nixon said.
Joplin resident Mike Hare said his 16-year-old son Lantz was ripped from a car by the powerful tornado.
Hare says he has searched hospitals and continually calls his son's cell phone, with no answer.
"It rang for the first day and a half and now it goes straight to voice mail, but just in case he gets it, I want him to know his dad loves him," Hare said.
