extreme sadness

I've been in a major funk lately and It's due to what happened in Joplin. I don't know anyone who lives there and I've only been through the town a small number of times but I still can't bear to watch the news or even read about the tornado in the newspapers or the Internet. I do remember Joplin as being "pancake flat." Not like River City, which is like a little San Francisco, lots of hills and curves. The day the tornado hit we got a hard rain and hail storm but it was over quickly and there was no wind. I didn't think lives would be lost that day. I just feel so sad, almost to the point of a stomach ache.  Dear Jesus, please help the people of Joplin, Missouri.