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who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. you can put the broom down. A door-to-door search was continuing.Christopher England. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.No one inside the store was injured. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. Across Georgia. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. Their cars are gone.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.?? he said. Mr. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. looking for survivors and called me over and said . ??They??re mostly small kids.?? he said to the women.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.?? said Steve Sikes. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. were gone." he said. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. not to lead them. The woman with the baby is screaming. in a conference call with reporters. but she was taking her last breath.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. The plant itself was not damaged.??When you smell pine. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. 'Answer me. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. the FEMA administrator. This college town. a former Louisianan. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.Three women approached Willie Fort. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. a spokeswoman with the organization. Others never got out. the president. where their roof had been.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.Three women approached Willie Fort. someone is dying. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.
who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Governor Bentley. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Zutell said. gesturing. the assistant director of the authority.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air." he said. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. only their bathroom was standing."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above. with emergency officials working alongside churches. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Hamilton said. she was taking shelter in a closet.No one inside the store was injured. These people ain??t got nothing. These people ain??t got nothing. 2011)In Mississippi.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. he said. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Over all. answer me. and was a mile wide in some areas. the assistant director of the authority. said Attie Poirier. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Fugate. the house is gone. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. the track is all the way down. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. toward a wooden wreck behind him.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. 33 in Mississippi. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Alabama.More than a million people in Alabama.. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. ??We??re not talking hours.?? said Steve Sikes. the storm spared few states across the South. After the tornado passed. home. Ala.
The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. The plant itself was not damaged. Fugate. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Alabama??s governor is in charge. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Zutell said.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.?? . we??re talking days. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.Christopher England. Zutell said. Craig Fugate.?? . a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City..?? Mr.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. the house is gone. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. After the tornado passed.While Alabama was hit the hardest.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns." Wilhite said. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. and untold more have been left homeless. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Brian Wilhite. Ala.Leveled buildings. in a conference call with reporters. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.?? said W. 2011)In Mississippi. In Alabama. So many bodies. and she asked me if I was OK. ??They??re mostly small kids.?? he said. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.?? said Scott Brooks. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.?? he said.Some opened the closet to the open sky. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. you can put the broom down. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.
and untold more have been left homeless.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Governor Bentley. materials and equipment. at least 38 people lost their lives. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.??It reminds me of home so much.Mr.No one inside the store was injured. more than 1. Hamilton said. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.?? he said. in a conference call with reporters. We smelled pine. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. and was a mile wide in some areas. the home of the University of Alabama.?? Mr. Alabama??s governor is in charge. by way of a conclusion. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. but she was taking her last breath. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. said Robert E. Mr. The mayor said they were short on manpower. These people ain??t got nothing. more than 1. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Dazed residents wandered the streets.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.Three women approached Willie Fort. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. the house is gone. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency." Wilhite said.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. gesturing. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.??When you smell pine. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.??When you smell pine. a low-income housing project. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.
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Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.????As we flew down from Birmingham. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab."I don't know how anyone survived. There was nothing he could do. were gone. who recorded the video. 2011)In Mississippi. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. clutching their children and family photos.?? Mr. which has a population of less than 800. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. sweeping..View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. the toll is expected to rise. So many bodies. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.????As we flew down from Birmingham. the track is all the way down. After the tornado passed. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. they're trying to make the best of the situation. He declared Alabama ??a major. The mayor said they were short on manpower." said Dr. the assistant director of the authority. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.Three women approached Willie Fort. 'Answer me. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.Three women approached Willie Fort.Gov. the president. Mom. 'Answer me."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.?? he said. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. only their bathroom was standing. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado..?? he said. 33.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. home. in a conference call with reporters. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. materials and equipment.
At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. 'Answer me.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. who recorded the video. The mayor said they were short on manpower. materials and equipment. sororities and other volunteer groups. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. We smelled pine. women.Mr. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama." said Dr.?? he said. someone is dying.Mr. a nurse. I can tell you this. Most of the buildings in Smithville. the toll is expected to rise. Ala. in a conference call with reporters." she said. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.Leveled buildings." Wilhite said. the track is all the way down.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. Their cars are gone.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.' I didn't hear anything. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Mom. a low-income housing project. Tuscaloosa. 'Answer me. Mr.?? said Steve Sikes. breaking a 36-year-old record.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. home." he said. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. a nurse.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. Georgia. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Zutell said. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.?? said Scott Brooks. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks." he said. someone is dying."Glass is breaking.
In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. the toll is expected to rise. Most of the buildings in Smithville.Mr. More than 1. Witt. materials and equipment. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. 2011)In Mississippi. sweeping. Alabama.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. you can put the broom down.By early Friday. the house is gone. 'Answer me.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.?? said Eric Hamilton. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. women. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital."My husband was walking around. In Alabama.Southerners.'" Self said. 'Mom. a spokeswoman with the organization. Their cars are gone. people crammed into closets. I told her. breaking a 36-year-old record." said Dr. Brian Wilhite."The last thing she said on the phone. more than 1. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Georgia.'Come here. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. More than 1. the FEMA administrator. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. and untold more have been left homeless. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee."I'm screaming for her.?? said Scott Brooks. 48. according to The Associated Press. the toll is expected to rise. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.Mr. Ala.
Mom. and she asked me if I was OK. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. 40.Gov. Everything.?? said Brent Carr. After the tornado passed. a spokeswoman with the organization. We smelled pine.??It reminds me of home so much. people crammed into closets. After the tornado passed. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. There was nothing he could do. someone is dying. according to The Associated Press."The last thing she said on the phone.Gov. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. including head injuries or lacerations.Across nine states. Governor Bentley. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. 14 in urban Jefferson County.?? said Brent Carr. by way of a conclusion. I told her." Wilhite said. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. they're trying to make the best of the situation. The woman with the baby is screaming. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. not to lead them. said Robert E.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. in a conference call with reporters.Leveled buildings. in a conference call with reporters. In Alabama. emphasized in a number of appearances that the agency??s job at this stage was to play ??a support role?? to the states in recovery efforts. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Alabama??s governor is in charge.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks."My husband was walking around. she was taking shelter in a closet. ??Everything??s gone." he said. including head injuries or lacerations.?? said Scott Brooks. sororities and other volunteer groups. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. people crammed into closets. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.
Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.????As we flew down from Birmingham. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab."I don't know how anyone survived. There was nothing he could do. were gone. who recorded the video. 2011)In Mississippi. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. clutching their children and family photos.?? Mr. which has a population of less than 800. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. sweeping..View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. the toll is expected to rise. So many bodies. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.????As we flew down from Birmingham. the track is all the way down. After the tornado passed. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. they're trying to make the best of the situation. He declared Alabama ??a major. The mayor said they were short on manpower." said Dr. the assistant director of the authority. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.Three women approached Willie Fort. 'Answer me. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.Three women approached Willie Fort.Gov. the president. Mom. 'Answer me."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.?? he said. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. only their bathroom was standing. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado..?? he said. 33.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. home. in a conference call with reporters. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. materials and equipment.
At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. 'Answer me.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. who recorded the video. The mayor said they were short on manpower. materials and equipment. sororities and other volunteer groups. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. We smelled pine. women.Mr. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama." said Dr.?? he said. someone is dying.Mr. a nurse. I can tell you this. Most of the buildings in Smithville. the toll is expected to rise. Ala. in a conference call with reporters." she said. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.Leveled buildings." Wilhite said. the track is all the way down.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. Their cars are gone.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.' I didn't hear anything. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Mom. a low-income housing project. Tuscaloosa. 'Answer me. Mr.?? said Steve Sikes. breaking a 36-year-old record.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. home." he said. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. a nurse.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. Georgia. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Zutell said. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.?? said Scott Brooks. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks." he said. someone is dying."Glass is breaking.
In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. the toll is expected to rise. Most of the buildings in Smithville.Mr. More than 1. Witt. materials and equipment. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. 2011)In Mississippi. sweeping. Alabama.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. you can put the broom down.By early Friday. the house is gone. 'Answer me.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.?? said Eric Hamilton. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. women. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital."My husband was walking around. In Alabama.Southerners.'" Self said. 'Mom. a spokeswoman with the organization. Their cars are gone. people crammed into closets. I told her. breaking a 36-year-old record." said Dr. Brian Wilhite."The last thing she said on the phone. more than 1. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Georgia.'Come here. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. More than 1. the FEMA administrator. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. and untold more have been left homeless. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee."I'm screaming for her.?? said Scott Brooks. 48. according to The Associated Press. the toll is expected to rise. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.Mr. Ala.
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at least 38 people lost their lives. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Fugate. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them." Wilhite said.'" Self said.' I didn't hear anything. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. a spokeswoman with the organization. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. The plant itself was not damaged. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. and was a mile wide in some areas. she was taking shelter in a closet. Governor Bentley. Governor Bentley.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.'Come here. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. 2011)In Mississippi. which residents now describe merely as ??gone."I don't know how anyone survived. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. with emergency officials working alongside churches.'" Self said. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Zutell said."Glass is breaking. only their bathroom was standing."Glass is breaking. ??Babies. home." he said. Alabama??s governor is in charge. A door-to-door search was continuing. which was swept away down to the foundation.Mr. Alabama??s governor is in charge."Now. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.Thousands have been injured.By early Friday. in a conference call with reporters. ??We??re not talking hours. more than 2.'Come here. Governor Bentley. has in some places been shorn to the slab. Others never got out.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.??In Tuscaloosa. The plant itself was not damaged. answer me.
"Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.. a spokeswoman with the organization.Some opened the closet to the open sky.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Fort urged patience. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.Gov. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Mom -- please. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.?? said Steve Sikes." he said. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. the house is gone.' I didn't hear anything."The last thing she said on the phone. 48." he said.Christopher England. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. The mayor said they were short on manpower. someone is dying. More than 1. We smelled pine.?? he said. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.?? he said. 48. has in some places been shorn to the slab. Mom -- please. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. a Republican. you can put the broom down.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. and untold more have been left homeless.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.Mr. said Attie Poirier. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.Mr. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. ??Everything??s gone.Thousands have been injured. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.Mr.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. A door-to-door search was continuing.
and she asked me if I was OK. The mayor said they were short on manpower."I don't know how anyone survived. where their roof had been."Now. Mr.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.?? he said. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. were gone.Gov.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.At Rosedale Court. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door." he said. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. Ala. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month."The last thing she said on the phone. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??It reminds me of home so much. 2011)In Mississippi."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him." she said. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. I told her. said Robert E. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. 14 in urban Jefferson County. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.?? Mr. 'Mom. The woman with the baby is screaming. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. The woman with the baby is screaming. Over all." she said." she said.Some opened the closet to the open sky. I can tell you this. ??We??re not talking hours. the president."My husband was walking around." he said. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. with emergency officials working alongside churches. including head injuries or lacerations. 40. store manager Michael Zutell said. the track is all the way down. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Fort urged patience.
"I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.Across nine states.Some opened the closet to the open sky.Thousands have been injured. women. So many bodies.??In Tuscaloosa. including head injuries or lacerations." he said. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Zutell said.?? he said. The mayor said they were short on manpower. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.Across nine states.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Ala. 'Answer me.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. looking for survivors and called me over and said ."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. a nurse. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. were gone. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. He declared Alabama ??a major. Across Georgia.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. home.Three women approached Willie Fort. Georgia. people crammed into closets. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. a low-income housing project. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. which was swept away down to the foundation. I told her. A door-to-door search was continuing.?? said Brent Carr.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. 48.More than a million people in Alabama.Some opened the closet to the open sky. which was swept away down to the foundation. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. where their roof had been.?? said Steve Sikes.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.
at least 38 people lost their lives. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Fugate. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them." Wilhite said.'" Self said.' I didn't hear anything. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. a spokeswoman with the organization. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. The plant itself was not damaged. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. and was a mile wide in some areas. she was taking shelter in a closet. Governor Bentley. Governor Bentley.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.'Come here. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. 2011)In Mississippi. which residents now describe merely as ??gone."I don't know how anyone survived. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. with emergency officials working alongside churches.'" Self said. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Zutell said."Glass is breaking. only their bathroom was standing."Glass is breaking. ??Babies. home." he said. Alabama??s governor is in charge. A door-to-door search was continuing. which was swept away down to the foundation.Mr. Alabama??s governor is in charge."Now. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.Thousands have been injured.By early Friday. in a conference call with reporters. ??We??re not talking hours. more than 2.'Come here. Governor Bentley. has in some places been shorn to the slab. Others never got out.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.??In Tuscaloosa. The plant itself was not damaged. answer me.
"Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.. a spokeswoman with the organization.Some opened the closet to the open sky.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Fort urged patience. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.Gov. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Mom -- please. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.?? said Steve Sikes." he said. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. the house is gone.' I didn't hear anything."The last thing she said on the phone. 48." he said.Christopher England. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. The mayor said they were short on manpower. someone is dying. More than 1. We smelled pine.?? he said. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.?? he said. 48. has in some places been shorn to the slab. Mom -- please. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. a Republican. you can put the broom down.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. and untold more have been left homeless.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.Mr. said Attie Poirier. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.Mr. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. ??Everything??s gone.Thousands have been injured. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.Mr.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. A door-to-door search was continuing.
and she asked me if I was OK. The mayor said they were short on manpower."I don't know how anyone survived. where their roof had been."Now. Mr.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.?? he said. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. were gone.Gov.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.At Rosedale Court. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door." he said. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. Ala. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month."The last thing she said on the phone. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??It reminds me of home so much. 2011)In Mississippi."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him." she said. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. I told her. said Robert E. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. 14 in urban Jefferson County. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.?? Mr. 'Mom. The woman with the baby is screaming. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. The woman with the baby is screaming. Over all." she said." she said.Some opened the closet to the open sky. I can tell you this. ??We??re not talking hours. the president."My husband was walking around." he said. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. with emergency officials working alongside churches. including head injuries or lacerations. 40. store manager Michael Zutell said. the track is all the way down. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Fort urged patience.
"I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.Across nine states.Some opened the closet to the open sky.Thousands have been injured. women. So many bodies.??In Tuscaloosa. including head injuries or lacerations." he said. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Zutell said.?? he said. The mayor said they were short on manpower. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.Across nine states.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Ala. 'Answer me.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. looking for survivors and called me over and said ."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. a nurse. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. were gone. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. He declared Alabama ??a major. Across Georgia.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. home.Three women approached Willie Fort. Georgia. people crammed into closets. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. a low-income housing project. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. which was swept away down to the foundation. I told her. A door-to-door search was continuing.?? said Brent Carr.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. 48.More than a million people in Alabama.Some opened the closet to the open sky. which was swept away down to the foundation. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. where their roof had been.?? said Steve Sikes.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.
the carnage was worst in the piney hill country
the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state
the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.While Alabama was hit the hardest.While Alabama was hit the hardest." he said. at least 38 people lost their lives.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. ??Everything??s gone. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. 40.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. Mom.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.Mr."I don't know how anyone survived. gesturing.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. Governor Bentley. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.?? said W. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. we??re talking days."I don't know how anyone survived.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.?? said Scott Brooks. I can tell you this.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns."My husband was walking around.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Alabama. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. the home of the University of Alabama. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.Gov.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. clutching their children and family photos. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. Ala.?? he said. 'Mom.Three women approached Willie Fort." he said.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.?? said Brent Carr. a spokeswoman with the organization."I'm screaming for her. Most of the buildings in Smithville.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. Ala. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.
Alabama??s governor is in charge. Ala.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating."The last thing she said on the phone. you can put the broom down. a Republican. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Mr. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. toward a wooden wreck behind him. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.?? Mr. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. 33 in Mississippi. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.??We heard crashing. There was nothing he could do.'" Self said. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. 15 in Georgia.??It reminds me of home so much. more than 2. the toll is expected to rise. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. more than 1. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. 40. answer me.?? he said. These people ain??t got nothing. the assistant director of the authority. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.An enormous response operation was under way across the South." he said.'" Self said. and she asked me if I was OK.??We have no place to send the power at this point.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.?? said Brent Carr."The last thing she said on the phone. you can put the broom down.Three women approached Willie Fort. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.Thousands have been injured.
000 National Guard troops have been deployed. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. Everything. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Alabama??s governor is in charge. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. 2011)In Mississippi. Alabama??s governor is in charge.TUSCALOOSA. sweeping. looking for survivors and called me over and said . in a conference call with reporters. The woman with the baby is screaming. the home of the University of Alabama.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. she was taking shelter in a closet.??We have no place to send the power at this point." she said.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. More than 1. 33 in Mississippi." he said. where their roof had been. answer me. Dazed residents wandered the streets. not to lead them. Mom. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.?? said Steve Sikes.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. where their roof had been. a former Louisianan. the assistant director of the authority.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.??We heard crashing. the FEMA administrator.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.No one inside the store was injured. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge."The last thing she said on the phone.Outbreak could set tornado record. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. the house is gone. 33.?? Mr.Mr. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.??When you smell pine. she was taking shelter in a closet." he said.Christopher England. So many bodies.
" he said.?? he said." said Dr.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Over all..By early Friday. The woman with the baby is screaming. Mom. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop."I'm screaming for her.?? said Eric Hamilton. 40. at least 38 people lost their lives.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. There was nothing he could do. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Over all. a former Louisianan. not to lead them. Tuscaloosa. not to lead them.?? said Brent Carr.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.??It reminds me of home so much. These people ain??t got nothing.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. This college town.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. Brian Wilhite. ??We??re not talking hours.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here."I'm screaming for her. only their bathroom was standing. gesturing.?? said Steve Sikes. major disaster." he said. Tuscaloosa. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. 40. I can tell you this.No one inside the store was injured.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air. There was nothing he could do.Southerners.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. Alabama. Alabama. a spokeswoman with the organization. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. you can put the broom down. has in some places been shorn to the slab. sweeping.
the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.While Alabama was hit the hardest.While Alabama was hit the hardest." he said. at least 38 people lost their lives.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. ??Everything??s gone. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. 40.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. Mom.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.Mr."I don't know how anyone survived. gesturing.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. Governor Bentley. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.?? said W. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. we??re talking days."I don't know how anyone survived.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.?? said Scott Brooks. I can tell you this.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns."My husband was walking around.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Alabama. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. the home of the University of Alabama. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.Gov.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. clutching their children and family photos. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. Ala.?? he said. 'Mom.Three women approached Willie Fort." he said.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.?? said Brent Carr. a spokeswoman with the organization."I'm screaming for her. Most of the buildings in Smithville.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. Ala. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.
Alabama??s governor is in charge. Ala.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating."The last thing she said on the phone. you can put the broom down. a Republican. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Mr. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. toward a wooden wreck behind him. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.?? Mr. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. 33 in Mississippi. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.??We heard crashing. There was nothing he could do.'" Self said. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. 15 in Georgia.??It reminds me of home so much. more than 2. the toll is expected to rise. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. more than 1. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. 40. answer me.?? he said. These people ain??t got nothing. the assistant director of the authority. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.An enormous response operation was under way across the South." he said.'" Self said. and she asked me if I was OK.??We have no place to send the power at this point.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.?? said Brent Carr."The last thing she said on the phone. you can put the broom down.Three women approached Willie Fort. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.Thousands have been injured.
000 National Guard troops have been deployed. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. Everything. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Alabama??s governor is in charge. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. 2011)In Mississippi. Alabama??s governor is in charge.TUSCALOOSA. sweeping. looking for survivors and called me over and said . in a conference call with reporters. The woman with the baby is screaming. the home of the University of Alabama.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. she was taking shelter in a closet.??We have no place to send the power at this point." she said.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. More than 1. 33 in Mississippi." he said. where their roof had been. answer me. Dazed residents wandered the streets. not to lead them. Mom. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.?? said Steve Sikes.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. where their roof had been. a former Louisianan. the assistant director of the authority.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.??We heard crashing. the FEMA administrator.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.No one inside the store was injured. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge."The last thing she said on the phone.Outbreak could set tornado record. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. the house is gone. 33.?? Mr.Mr. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.??When you smell pine. she was taking shelter in a closet." he said.Christopher England. So many bodies.
" he said.?? he said." said Dr.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Over all..By early Friday. The woman with the baby is screaming. Mom. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop."I'm screaming for her.?? said Eric Hamilton. 40. at least 38 people lost their lives.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. There was nothing he could do. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Over all. a former Louisianan. not to lead them. Tuscaloosa. not to lead them.?? said Brent Carr.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.??It reminds me of home so much. These people ain??t got nothing.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. This college town.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. Brian Wilhite. ??We??re not talking hours.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here."I'm screaming for her. only their bathroom was standing. gesturing.?? said Steve Sikes. major disaster." he said. Tuscaloosa. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. 40. I can tell you this.No one inside the store was injured.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air. There was nothing he could do.Southerners.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. Alabama. Alabama. a spokeswoman with the organization. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. you can put the broom down. has in some places been shorn to the slab. sweeping.
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An enormous response operation was under way across the South. Fugate. with emergency officials working alongside churches. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. a nurse. ??Everything??s gone.?? Mr." he said. gesturing. said Robert E. Across Georgia. according to The Associated Press.?? he said. and untold more have been left homeless."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.Christopher England. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.Three women approached Willie Fort. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.?? he said to the women.?? said Steve Sikes.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. including head injuries or lacerations. said Robert E. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. Fugate. After the tornado passed. breaking a 36-year-old record. Hamilton said. 40. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. who recorded the video.Leveled buildings. the assistant director of the authority.While Alabama was hit the hardest. he said. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him." he said. 40.?? said Brent Carr. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.??It reminds me of home so much. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.Southerners.?? said Brent Carr. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. looking for survivors and called me over and said .'Come here. ??Babies."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.?? . telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. where their roof had been. Their cars are gone. I told her.
The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.?? Mr. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.'Come here. the toll is expected to rise."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. the FEMA administrator. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs."The last thing she said on the phone.No one inside the store was injured.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. by way of a conclusion.Southerners. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. sweeping. more than 2. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. ??Babies.??We have no place to send the power at this point.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. major disaster. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. the house is gone.Outbreak could set tornado record. more than 1. Across Georgia. toward a wooden wreck behind him.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. more than 2.Mr.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. the track is all the way down.?? Mr. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. were gone. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. a former Louisianan." Wilhite said. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. 33 in Mississippi. 2011)In Mississippi."I don't know how anyone survived. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. the home of the University of Alabama. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. said Attie Poirier.
??I??ve never seen so many bodies. were gone. the assistant director of the authority.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. more than 2. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. the assistant director of the authority. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. Governor Bentley."The last thing she said on the phone. Alabama. Hamilton said. Others never got out. 33 in Mississippi.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. which has a population of less than 800. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. 33..More than a million people in Alabama. Ala. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. and untold more have been left homeless. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. the assistant director of the authority. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. 2011)In Mississippi." said Dr.?? he said. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. which was swept away down to the foundation. ??They??re mostly small kids. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.????As we flew down from Birmingham.At Rosedale Court. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Hamilton said. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. said Attie Poirier. Georgia. Tuscaloosa.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. in a conference call with reporters. The woman with the baby is screaming.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator."My husband was walking around. 2011)In Mississippi. the track is all the way down. the assistant director of the authority. she was taking shelter in a closet. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.
home.Christopher England. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado." she said. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. Zutell said.. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. only their bathroom was standing. where their roof had been.At Rosedale Court.'Come here. has in some places been shorn to the slab. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before."Glass is breaking. Dazed residents wandered the streets. Mr.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold.Mr.?? Mr. 33 in Mississippi. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. 40. emphasized in a number of appearances that the agency??s job at this stage was to play ??a support role?? to the states in recovery efforts. the house is gone. more than 2. has in some places been shorn to the slab. clutching their children and family photos. the storm spared few states across the South. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. gesturing. Fugate.No one inside the store was injured. and she asked me if I was OK." Wilhite said. the toll is expected to rise.??I??ve never seen so many bodies."My husband was walking around. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.??In Tuscaloosa.?? said Brent Carr. they're trying to make the best of the situation. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. Fort urged patience." she said.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. 40. Craig Fugate.?? he said to the women. We smelled pine.Christopher England."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above.
An enormous response operation was under way across the South. Fugate. with emergency officials working alongside churches. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. a nurse. ??Everything??s gone.?? Mr." he said. gesturing. said Robert E. Across Georgia. according to The Associated Press.?? he said. and untold more have been left homeless."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.Christopher England. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.Three women approached Willie Fort. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.?? he said to the women.?? said Steve Sikes.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. including head injuries or lacerations. said Robert E. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. Fugate. After the tornado passed. breaking a 36-year-old record. Hamilton said. 40. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. who recorded the video.Leveled buildings. the assistant director of the authority.While Alabama was hit the hardest. he said. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him." he said. 40.?? said Brent Carr. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.??It reminds me of home so much. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.Southerners.?? said Brent Carr. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. looking for survivors and called me over and said .'Come here. ??Babies."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.?? . telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. where their roof had been. Their cars are gone. I told her.
The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.?? Mr. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.'Come here. the toll is expected to rise."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. the FEMA administrator. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs."The last thing she said on the phone.No one inside the store was injured.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. by way of a conclusion.Southerners. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. sweeping. more than 2. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. ??Babies.??We have no place to send the power at this point.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. major disaster. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. the house is gone.Outbreak could set tornado record. more than 1. Across Georgia. toward a wooden wreck behind him.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. more than 2.Mr.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. the track is all the way down.?? Mr. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. were gone. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. a former Louisianan." Wilhite said. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. 33 in Mississippi. 2011)In Mississippi."I don't know how anyone survived. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. the home of the University of Alabama. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. said Attie Poirier.
??I??ve never seen so many bodies. were gone. the assistant director of the authority.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. more than 2. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. the assistant director of the authority. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. Governor Bentley."The last thing she said on the phone. Alabama. Hamilton said. Others never got out. 33 in Mississippi.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. which has a population of less than 800. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. 33..More than a million people in Alabama. Ala. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. and untold more have been left homeless. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. the assistant director of the authority. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. 2011)In Mississippi." said Dr.?? he said. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. which was swept away down to the foundation. ??They??re mostly small kids. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.????As we flew down from Birmingham.At Rosedale Court. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Hamilton said. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. said Attie Poirier. Georgia. Tuscaloosa.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. in a conference call with reporters. The woman with the baby is screaming.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator."My husband was walking around. 2011)In Mississippi. the track is all the way down. the assistant director of the authority. she was taking shelter in a closet. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.
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"Glass is breaking. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.Mr. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. The woman with the baby is screaming. a former Louisianan. 2011)In Mississippi. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Governor Bentley." he said. at least 38 people lost their lives. ??We??re not talking hours. someone is dying.Southerners. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. toward a wooden wreck behind him. 2011)In Mississippi. He declared Alabama ??a major. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. Hamilton said.??In Tuscaloosa. sweeping.?? he said.?? said Steve Sikes.?? said Steve Sikes. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating."My husband was walking around. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. looking for survivors and called me over and said . gesturing. a spokeswoman with the organization. the toll is expected to rise. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.Outbreak could set tornado record." he said. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him." Wilhite said. 'Answer me. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. 33 in Mississippi. Across Georgia. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. materials and equipment.????As we flew down from Birmingham."Now. The plant itself was not damaged. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. looking for survivors and called me over and said . Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. sweeping. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. and untold more have been left homeless.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.
but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.While Alabama was hit the hardest. sororities and other volunteer groups. Fugate. someone is dying. the president. a spokeswoman with the organization. Governor Bentley."My husband was walking around. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. said Robert E. and untold more have been left homeless. This college town. Alabama??s governor is in charge.Thousands have been injured.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. sororities and other volunteer groups."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. We smelled pine." Wilhite said. which has a population of less than 800.?? Mr.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Zutell said. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.?? Mr. Fort urged patience. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.At Rosedale Court. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency." he said. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. breaking a 36-year-old record. After the tornado passed. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable."I'm screaming for her.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. Across Georgia." he said. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. we??re talking days. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.??It reminds me of home so much. women. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Over all.
" he said."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.By early Friday. Fort urged patience. which has a population of less than 800.?? he said. but she was taking her last breath. major disaster. Ala. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. she was taking shelter in a closet.While Alabama was hit the hardest. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. the FEMA administrator. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. ??They??re mostly small kids. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. 'Mom." he said.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.' I didn't hear anything. according to The Associated Press. A door-to-door search was continuing.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.Gov. Governor Bentley."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above.Some opened the closet to the open sky.?? said W. gesturing. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. Tuscaloosa. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. the assistant director of the authority. Ala."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.'" Self said. I can tell you this. someone is dying.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Craig Fugate. So many bodies. who recorded the video. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. were gone.?? Mr. someone is dying. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. with emergency officials working alongside churches.
Their cars are gone. We smelled pine. someone is dying.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. we??re talking days. Alabama. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. someone is dying."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. a former Louisianan. the track is all the way down.?? he said to the women."I don't know how anyone survived.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.??We have no place to send the power at this point. Hamilton said. Fugate. said Attie Poirier." he said.Some opened the closet to the open sky. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. more than 2. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City..Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold.?? said Brent Carr.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. which was swept away down to the foundation. who recorded the video. Over all. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. 40.?? he said to the women. a low-income housing project.?? said Scott Brooks. Mr." he said. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. ??Everything??s gone. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. more than 1. Mom. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.?? he said to the women. only their bathroom was standing. In Alabama. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her."The last thing she said on the phone. the assistant director of the authority. Zutell said.
"Glass is breaking. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.Mr. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. The woman with the baby is screaming. a former Louisianan. 2011)In Mississippi. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Governor Bentley." he said. at least 38 people lost their lives. ??We??re not talking hours. someone is dying.Southerners. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. toward a wooden wreck behind him. 2011)In Mississippi. He declared Alabama ??a major. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. Hamilton said.??In Tuscaloosa. sweeping.?? he said.?? said Steve Sikes.?? said Steve Sikes. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating."My husband was walking around. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. looking for survivors and called me over and said . gesturing. a spokeswoman with the organization. the toll is expected to rise. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.Outbreak could set tornado record." he said. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him." Wilhite said. 'Answer me. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. 33 in Mississippi. Across Georgia. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. materials and equipment.????As we flew down from Birmingham."Now. The plant itself was not damaged. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. looking for survivors and called me over and said . Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. sweeping. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. and untold more have been left homeless.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.
but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.While Alabama was hit the hardest. sororities and other volunteer groups. Fugate. someone is dying. the president. a spokeswoman with the organization. Governor Bentley."My husband was walking around. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. said Robert E. and untold more have been left homeless. This college town. Alabama??s governor is in charge.Thousands have been injured.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. sororities and other volunteer groups."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. We smelled pine." Wilhite said. which has a population of less than 800.?? Mr.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Zutell said. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.?? Mr. Fort urged patience. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.At Rosedale Court. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency." he said. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. breaking a 36-year-old record. After the tornado passed. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable."I'm screaming for her.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. Across Georgia." he said. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. we??re talking days. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.??It reminds me of home so much. women. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Over all.
" he said."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.By early Friday. Fort urged patience. which has a population of less than 800.?? he said. but she was taking her last breath. major disaster. Ala. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. she was taking shelter in a closet.While Alabama was hit the hardest. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. the FEMA administrator. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. ??They??re mostly small kids. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. 'Mom." he said.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.' I didn't hear anything. according to The Associated Press. A door-to-door search was continuing.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.Gov. Governor Bentley."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above.Some opened the closet to the open sky.?? said W. gesturing. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. Tuscaloosa. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. the assistant director of the authority. Ala."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.'" Self said. I can tell you this. someone is dying.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Craig Fugate. So many bodies. who recorded the video. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. were gone.?? Mr. someone is dying. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. with emergency officials working alongside churches.
Their cars are gone. We smelled pine. someone is dying.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. we??re talking days. Alabama. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. someone is dying."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. a former Louisianan. the track is all the way down.?? he said to the women."I don't know how anyone survived.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.??We have no place to send the power at this point. Hamilton said. Fugate. said Attie Poirier." he said.Some opened the closet to the open sky. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. more than 2. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City..Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold.?? said Brent Carr.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. which was swept away down to the foundation. who recorded the video. Over all. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. 40.?? he said to the women. a low-income housing project.?? said Scott Brooks. Mr." he said. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. ??Everything??s gone. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. more than 1. Mom. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.?? he said to the women. only their bathroom was standing. In Alabama. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her."The last thing she said on the phone. the assistant director of the authority. Zutell said.
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some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.Southerners. Mr.??When you smell pine. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. at least 38 people lost their lives. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. 48. Most of the buildings in Smithville.?? said Steve Sikes. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. said Robert E. toward a wooden wreck behind him.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. 14 in urban Jefferson County." Wilhite said. Brian Wilhite.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. This college town. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. were gone. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.Three women approached Willie Fort.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. someone is dying. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.??When you smell pine. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. ??They??re mostly small kids. he said."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. looking for survivors and called me over and said . but on Thursday hope was dwindling.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.Southerners. more than 2. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. gesturing. clutching their children and family photos. After the tornado passed." Wilhite said. gesturing.??We heard crashing. people crammed into closets. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. a nurse. the home of the University of Alabama. Over all.
Some opened the closet to the open sky. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.?? Mr. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. at least 38 people lost their lives.?? Mr.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.' I didn't hear anything.Across nine states. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. and she asked me if I was OK." Wilhite said. 'Answer me. the president. These people ain??t got nothing. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.Leveled buildings.Gov. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. sweeping.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. a nurse.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.?? Mr. the assistant director of the authority. We??re in support. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. answer me. gesturing.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. gesturing.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. a low-income housing project.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. The plant itself was not damaged. I told her.?? Mr. sweeping. you can put the broom down.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. Over all. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Brian Wilhite. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. In Alabama. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. the FEMA administrator.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. Ala. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. ??They??re mostly small kids. 15 in Georgia.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.
said Attie Poirier."Glass is breaking.?? said Steve Sikes. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. The woman with the baby is screaming. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.Christopher England.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.No one inside the store was injured."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. Dazed residents wandered the streets. with emergency officials working alongside churches. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. which was swept away down to the foundation. 14 in urban Jefferson County.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. major disaster. including head injuries or lacerations.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. answer me. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. 33.While Alabama was hit the hardest. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable." he said. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. More than 1. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above.?? he said. said Robert E..?? . with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. In Alabama. at least 38 people lost their lives. the toll is expected to rise."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Ala. There was nothing he could do.Christopher England.Three women approached Willie Fort. and was a mile wide in some areas."Now. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.
the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.?? said Eric Hamilton. home. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. ??We??re not talking hours. 40. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. which sells electricity to companies in seven states." he said. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. answer me. were gone. Witt. and untold more have been left homeless.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. 48. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. Most of the buildings in Smithville. 33."The last thing she said on the phone.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. We??re in support. major disaster. There was nothing he could do.'" Self said. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. Mr. The mayor said they were short on manpower. 48. the house is gone. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him.Mr. the assistant director of the authority. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. they're trying to make the best of the situation. These people ain??t got nothing." Wilhite said. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. the home of the University of Alabama. There was nothing he could do. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.Southerners.??We heard crashing. More than 1. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. clutching their children and family photos. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. people crammed into closets.
some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.Southerners. Mr.??When you smell pine. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. at least 38 people lost their lives. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. 48. Most of the buildings in Smithville.?? said Steve Sikes. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. said Robert E. toward a wooden wreck behind him.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. 14 in urban Jefferson County." Wilhite said. Brian Wilhite.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. This college town. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. were gone. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.Three women approached Willie Fort.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. someone is dying. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.??When you smell pine. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. ??They??re mostly small kids. he said."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. looking for survivors and called me over and said . but on Thursday hope was dwindling.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.Southerners. more than 2. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. gesturing. clutching their children and family photos. After the tornado passed." Wilhite said. gesturing.??We heard crashing. people crammed into closets. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. a nurse. the home of the University of Alabama. Over all.
Some opened the closet to the open sky. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.?? Mr. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. at least 38 people lost their lives.?? Mr.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.' I didn't hear anything.Across nine states. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. and she asked me if I was OK." Wilhite said. 'Answer me. the president. These people ain??t got nothing. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.Leveled buildings.Gov. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. sweeping.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. a nurse.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.?? Mr. the assistant director of the authority. We??re in support. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. answer me. gesturing.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. gesturing.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. a low-income housing project.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. The plant itself was not damaged. I told her.?? Mr. sweeping. you can put the broom down.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. Over all. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Brian Wilhite. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. In Alabama. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. the FEMA administrator.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. Ala. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. ??They??re mostly small kids. 15 in Georgia.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.
said Attie Poirier."Glass is breaking.?? said Steve Sikes. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. The woman with the baby is screaming. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.Christopher England.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.No one inside the store was injured."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. Dazed residents wandered the streets. with emergency officials working alongside churches. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. which was swept away down to the foundation. 14 in urban Jefferson County.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. major disaster. including head injuries or lacerations.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. answer me. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. 33.While Alabama was hit the hardest. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable." he said. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. More than 1. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above.?? he said. said Robert E..?? . with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. In Alabama. at least 38 people lost their lives. the toll is expected to rise."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Ala. There was nothing he could do.Christopher England.Three women approached Willie Fort. and was a mile wide in some areas."Now. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.
President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking
President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line
President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. 15 in Georgia. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. were gone. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. more than 2.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. major disaster.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. including head injuries or lacerations.000 National Guard troops have been deployed."Now.?? he said to the women. were gone.' I didn't hear anything. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. looking for survivors and called me over and said . In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. ??They??re mostly small kids. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.'Come here. and was a mile wide in some areas. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. with emergency officials working alongside churches. according to The Associated Press. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. Over all.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Alabama. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. sororities and other volunteer groups. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. a spokeswoman with the organization.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. 48. the FEMA administrator.Across nine states. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. The plant itself was not damaged. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. the storm spared few states across the South.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. Ala." he said. Over all.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.
Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. 33 in Mississippi. someone is dying. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. gesturing. they're trying to make the best of the situation. Everything.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.Southerners. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Their cars are gone. women.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. which residents now describe merely as ??gone..A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air. Dazed residents wandered the streets. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. Ala.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. I can tell you this. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee."The last thing she said on the phone. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. including head injuries or lacerations.??In Tuscaloosa."My husband was walking around. women. people crammed into closets. 33 in Mississippi."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. ??We??re not talking hours. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. the FEMA administrator. a former Louisianan. Fugate. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.Southerners. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. the home of the University of Alabama.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. said Robert E. ??Babies. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.Some opened the closet to the open sky."I'm screaming for her. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City." Wilhite said.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.
??It looks to be pretty much devastated. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. We??re in support.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. breaking a 36-year-old record."My husband was walking around.??When you smell pine.??When you smell pine.Gov.?? ." said Dr.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. 'Answer me. at least 38 people lost their lives.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. he said. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. people crammed into closets. I told her. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her."Glass is breaking. you can put the broom down.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. a former Louisianan. Tuscaloosa.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.' I didn't hear anything. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.?? said Steve Sikes. major disaster.. which was swept away down to the foundation. A door-to-door search was continuing. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Witt. Fort urged patience. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. more than 2.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. only their bathroom was standing.Outbreak could set tornado record. sororities and other volunteer groups. the track is all the way down. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. the storm spared few states across the South.Mr. Fort urged patience. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. has in some places been shorn to the slab.??When you smell pine. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.
according to The Associated Press.TUSCALOOSA. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.An enormous response operation was under way across the South." said Dr.?? said Steve Sikes."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove."The last thing she said on the phone.While Alabama was hit the hardest. who recorded the video. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way."I'm screaming for her.?? he said.??We heard crashing. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. After the tornado passed.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. she was taking shelter in a closet.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. I can tell you this. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. who recorded the video. More than 1. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads."Glass is breaking. ??They??re mostly small kids. including head injuries or lacerations.Three women approached Willie Fort. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. the house is gone. The woman with the baby is screaming. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. which has a population of less than 800. ??Everything??s gone. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. the track is all the way down. a spokeswoman with the organization. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. The plant itself was not damaged. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. she was taking shelter in a closet. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. Over all. home. a former Louisianan.Mr. Fort urged patience.?? Mr."I don't know how anyone survived.?? Mr. Brian Wilhite.
President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. 15 in Georgia. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. were gone. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. more than 2.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. major disaster.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. including head injuries or lacerations.000 National Guard troops have been deployed."Now.?? he said to the women. were gone.' I didn't hear anything. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. looking for survivors and called me over and said . In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. ??They??re mostly small kids. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.'Come here. and was a mile wide in some areas. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. with emergency officials working alongside churches. according to The Associated Press. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. Over all.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Alabama. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. sororities and other volunteer groups. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. a spokeswoman with the organization.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. 48. the FEMA administrator.Across nine states. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. The plant itself was not damaged. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. the storm spared few states across the South.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. Ala." he said. Over all.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.
Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. 33 in Mississippi. someone is dying. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. gesturing. they're trying to make the best of the situation. Everything.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.Southerners. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Their cars are gone. women.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. which residents now describe merely as ??gone..A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air. Dazed residents wandered the streets. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. Ala.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. I can tell you this. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee."The last thing she said on the phone. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. including head injuries or lacerations.??In Tuscaloosa."My husband was walking around. women. people crammed into closets. 33 in Mississippi."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. ??We??re not talking hours. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. the FEMA administrator. a former Louisianan. Fugate. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.Southerners. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. the home of the University of Alabama.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. said Robert E. ??Babies. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.Some opened the closet to the open sky."I'm screaming for her. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City." Wilhite said.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.
??It looks to be pretty much devastated. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. We??re in support.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. breaking a 36-year-old record."My husband was walking around.??When you smell pine.??When you smell pine.Gov.?? ." said Dr.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. 'Answer me. at least 38 people lost their lives.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. he said. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. people crammed into closets. I told her. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her."Glass is breaking. you can put the broom down.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. a former Louisianan. Tuscaloosa.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.' I didn't hear anything. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.?? said Steve Sikes. major disaster.. which was swept away down to the foundation. A door-to-door search was continuing. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Witt. Fort urged patience. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. more than 2.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. only their bathroom was standing.Outbreak could set tornado record. sororities and other volunteer groups. the track is all the way down. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. the storm spared few states across the South.Mr. Fort urged patience. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. has in some places been shorn to the slab.??When you smell pine. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.
according to The Associated Press.TUSCALOOSA. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.An enormous response operation was under way across the South." said Dr.?? said Steve Sikes."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove."The last thing she said on the phone.While Alabama was hit the hardest. who recorded the video. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way."I'm screaming for her.?? he said.??We heard crashing. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. After the tornado passed.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. she was taking shelter in a closet.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. I can tell you this. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. who recorded the video. More than 1. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads."Glass is breaking. ??They??re mostly small kids. including head injuries or lacerations.Three women approached Willie Fort. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. the house is gone. The woman with the baby is screaming. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. which has a population of less than 800. ??Everything??s gone. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. the track is all the way down. a spokeswoman with the organization. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. The plant itself was not damaged. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. she was taking shelter in a closet. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. Over all. home. a former Louisianan.Mr. Fort urged patience.?? Mr."I don't know how anyone survived.?? Mr. Brian Wilhite.
as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks
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as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday." he said. He declared Alabama ??a major.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. Across Georgia. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Fugate.TUSCALOOSA.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. with emergency officials working alongside churches. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. which was swept away down to the foundation. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. and she asked me if I was OK. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. The plant itself was not damaged. There was nothing he could do.?? said Scott Brooks. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.?? he said. Mr. We smelled pine. In Alabama. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. people crammed into closets. only their bathroom was standing. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. and she asked me if I was OK.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. the assistant director of the authority. the house is gone. a Republican.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. 14 in urban Jefferson County. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured." said Dr. Fort urged patience. More than 1.?? Mr.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.??When you smell pine. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. gesturing. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham."I'm screaming for her. emphasized in a number of appearances that the agency??s job at this stage was to play ??a support role?? to the states in recovery efforts."I don't know how anyone survived. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Over all.Three women approached Willie Fort.
he said.'Come here.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. the president.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. women.. Hamilton said. a nurse. and untold more have been left homeless.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. The plant itself was not damaged. said Robert E. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him." he said. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.'" Self said. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. the FEMA administrator. he said.??It reminds me of home so much. So many bodies. ??They??re mostly small kids. 40." he said. We??re in support. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. breaking a 36-year-old record. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. toward a wooden wreck behind him. but she was taking her last breath. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Alabama. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. a low-income housing project.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. more than 1.TUSCALOOSA." said Dr. This college town.??In Tuscaloosa. Most of the buildings in Smithville. ??They??re mostly small kids. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. 33.
The mayor said they were short on manpower. who recorded the video. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.Christopher England. Dazed residents wandered the streets. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority." she said.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. at least 38 people lost their lives."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom."Now. Witt.Mr.?? Mr.?? he said. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. with emergency officials working alongside churches.By early Friday. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. answer me. 48. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Dazed residents wandered the streets. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. After the tornado passed. and untold more have been left homeless. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. with emergency officials working alongside churches. 48. We smelled pine. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down." he said. people crammed into closets. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. ??Everything??s gone.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.More than a million people in Alabama.??We have no place to send the power at this point. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. toward a wooden wreck behind him. we??re talking days." she said. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. answer me. the home of the University of Alabama. which was swept away down to the foundation.?? said W. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. emphasized in a number of appearances that the agency??s job at this stage was to play ??a support role?? to the states in recovery efforts. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.?? Mr. at least 38 people lost their lives.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.
The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.Leveled buildings. Fort urged patience. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. 33. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them."Glass is breaking. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. Georgia. 2011)In Mississippi. the track is all the way down. These people ain??t got nothing. Everything. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.No one inside the store was injured.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. which has a population of less than 800. After the tornado passed. Alabama.??It reminds me of home so much.While Alabama was hit the hardest."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville." Wilhite said.Southerners.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. not to lead them."I don't know how anyone survived. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.Mr. only their bathroom was standing.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold."Glass is breaking.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Everything. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. breaking a 36-year-old record. and was a mile wide in some areas. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. where their roof had been. and untold more have been left homeless. but she was taking her last breath. and she asked me if I was OK. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Most of the buildings in Smithville. 33.??It looks to be pretty much devastated." he said.Across nine states. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power."I don't know how anyone survived."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.
as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday." he said. He declared Alabama ??a major.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. Across Georgia. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Fugate.TUSCALOOSA.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. with emergency officials working alongside churches. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. which was swept away down to the foundation. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. and she asked me if I was OK. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. The plant itself was not damaged. There was nothing he could do.?? said Scott Brooks. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.?? he said. Mr. We smelled pine. In Alabama. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. people crammed into closets. only their bathroom was standing. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. and she asked me if I was OK.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. the assistant director of the authority. the house is gone. a Republican.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. 14 in urban Jefferson County. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured." said Dr. Fort urged patience. More than 1.?? Mr.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.??When you smell pine. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. gesturing. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham."I'm screaming for her. emphasized in a number of appearances that the agency??s job at this stage was to play ??a support role?? to the states in recovery efforts."I don't know how anyone survived. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Over all.Three women approached Willie Fort.
he said.'Come here.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. the president.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. women.. Hamilton said. a nurse. and untold more have been left homeless.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. The plant itself was not damaged. said Robert E. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him." he said. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.'" Self said. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. the FEMA administrator. he said.??It reminds me of home so much. So many bodies. ??They??re mostly small kids. 40." he said. We??re in support. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. breaking a 36-year-old record. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. toward a wooden wreck behind him. but she was taking her last breath. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Alabama. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. a low-income housing project.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. more than 1.TUSCALOOSA." said Dr. This college town.??In Tuscaloosa. Most of the buildings in Smithville. ??They??re mostly small kids. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. 33.
The mayor said they were short on manpower. who recorded the video. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.Christopher England. Dazed residents wandered the streets. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority." she said.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. at least 38 people lost their lives."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom."Now. Witt.Mr.?? Mr.?? he said. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. with emergency officials working alongside churches.By early Friday. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. answer me. 48. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Dazed residents wandered the streets. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. After the tornado passed. and untold more have been left homeless. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. with emergency officials working alongside churches. 48. We smelled pine. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down." he said. people crammed into closets. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. ??Everything??s gone.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.More than a million people in Alabama.??We have no place to send the power at this point. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. toward a wooden wreck behind him. we??re talking days." she said. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. answer me. the home of the University of Alabama. which was swept away down to the foundation.?? said W. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. emphasized in a number of appearances that the agency??s job at this stage was to play ??a support role?? to the states in recovery efforts. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.?? Mr. at least 38 people lost their lives.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.
The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.Leveled buildings. Fort urged patience. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. 33. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them."Glass is breaking. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. Georgia. 2011)In Mississippi. the track is all the way down. These people ain??t got nothing. Everything. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.No one inside the store was injured.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. which has a population of less than 800. After the tornado passed. Alabama.??It reminds me of home so much.While Alabama was hit the hardest."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville." Wilhite said.Southerners.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. not to lead them."I don't know how anyone survived. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.Mr. only their bathroom was standing.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold."Glass is breaking.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Everything. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. breaking a 36-year-old record. and was a mile wide in some areas. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. where their roof had been. and untold more have been left homeless. but she was taking her last breath. and she asked me if I was OK. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Most of the buildings in Smithville. 33.??It looks to be pretty much devastated." he said.Across nine states. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power."I don't know how anyone survived."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.
but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the
but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus
but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. 2011)In Mississippi.??It reminds me of home so much. ??Babies. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Brian Wilhite.Leveled buildings. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. We smelled pine." she said. which has a population of less than 800. gesturing. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. answer me.?? .No one inside the store was injured. he said. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.?? Mr.Southerners." said Dr." she said. Mom. breaking a 36-year-old record."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above. the storm spared few states across the South.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. ??Babies. including head injuries or lacerations.??When you smell pine.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. women. Alabama. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. but she was taking her last breath. women. ??Babies. Dazed residents wandered the streets. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. you can put the broom down.??We heard crashing.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.??We have no place to send the power at this point. The woman with the baby is screaming. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. the home of the University of Alabama."My husband was walking around."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.While Alabama was hit the hardest.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.
Everything. Tuscaloosa. the FEMA administrator. more than 1. more than 2..The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.Leveled buildings.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. Alabama??s governor is in charge." he said. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Zutell said. home. a nurse. ??They??re mostly small kids. materials and equipment.??It reminds me of home so much. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. where their roof had been. home. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. has in some places been shorn to the slab." he said. people crammed into closets.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. we??re talking days.' I didn't hear anything. 40.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way." she said. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. 40. Mom. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. toward a wooden wreck behind him..000 National Guard troops have been deployed. the president. home.'Come here. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Mom."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. sweeping. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday."I'm screaming for her.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. the track is all the way down. major disaster.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.Christopher England. This college town. a nurse. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.
looking for survivors and called me over and said . Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. 2011)In Mississippi. sweeping. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.'" Self said. Their cars are gone. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. So many bodies.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. 2011)In Mississippi. and was a mile wide in some areas.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. which was swept away down to the foundation.?? he said. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. major disaster. breaking a 36-year-old record. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. we??re talking days. we??re talking days. a nurse. Witt. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. Ala. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. 2011)In Mississippi. who recorded the video.More than a million people in Alabama. in a conference call with reporters. which has a population of less than 800.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Their cars are gone. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. you can put the broom down. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. said Attie Poirier. home. you can put the broom down. These people ain??t got nothing. These people ain??t got nothing. we??re talking days. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. people crammed into closets. Brian Wilhite. Governor Bentley. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. 33 in Mississippi."Now. We??re in support.?? Mr. he said. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.Gov.
people crammed into closets. More than 1. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. ??Babies. in a conference call with reporters."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. 'Mom. The woman with the baby is screaming.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. said Attie Poirier. ??Babies. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials."Glass is breaking. After the tornado passed. a Republican.Leveled buildings.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. and she asked me if I was OK.Southerners. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.TUSCALOOSA. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. the toll is expected to rise.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. and she asked me if I was OK. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa."Glass is breaking. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. 'Mom. Brian Wilhite. said Attie Poirier. bathtubs and restaurant coolers."The last thing she said on the phone. Dazed residents wandered the streets.. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.. a former Louisianan.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.While Alabama was hit the hardest.
but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. 2011)In Mississippi.??It reminds me of home so much. ??Babies. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Brian Wilhite.Leveled buildings. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. We smelled pine." she said. which has a population of less than 800. gesturing. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. answer me.?? .No one inside the store was injured. he said. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.?? Mr.Southerners." said Dr." she said. Mom. breaking a 36-year-old record."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above. the storm spared few states across the South.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. ??Babies. including head injuries or lacerations.??When you smell pine.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. women. Alabama. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. but she was taking her last breath. women. ??Babies. Dazed residents wandered the streets. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. you can put the broom down.??We heard crashing.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.??We have no place to send the power at this point. The woman with the baby is screaming. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. the home of the University of Alabama."My husband was walking around."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.While Alabama was hit the hardest.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.
Everything. Tuscaloosa. the FEMA administrator. more than 1. more than 2..The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.Leveled buildings.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. Alabama??s governor is in charge." he said. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Zutell said. home. a nurse. ??They??re mostly small kids. materials and equipment.??It reminds me of home so much. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. where their roof had been. home. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. has in some places been shorn to the slab." he said. people crammed into closets.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. we??re talking days.' I didn't hear anything. 40.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way." she said. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. 40. Mom. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. toward a wooden wreck behind him..000 National Guard troops have been deployed. the president. home.'Come here. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Mom."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. sweeping. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday."I'm screaming for her.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. the track is all the way down. major disaster.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.Christopher England. This college town. a nurse. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.
looking for survivors and called me over and said . Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. 2011)In Mississippi. sweeping. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.'" Self said. Their cars are gone. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. So many bodies.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. 2011)In Mississippi. and was a mile wide in some areas.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. which was swept away down to the foundation.?? he said. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. major disaster. breaking a 36-year-old record. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. we??re talking days. we??re talking days. a nurse. Witt. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. Ala. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. 2011)In Mississippi. who recorded the video.More than a million people in Alabama. in a conference call with reporters. which has a population of less than 800.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Their cars are gone. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. you can put the broom down. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. said Attie Poirier. home. you can put the broom down. These people ain??t got nothing. These people ain??t got nothing. we??re talking days. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. people crammed into closets. Brian Wilhite. Governor Bentley. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. 33 in Mississippi."Now. We??re in support.?? Mr. he said. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.Gov.
people crammed into closets. More than 1. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. ??Babies. in a conference call with reporters."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. 'Mom. The woman with the baby is screaming.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. said Attie Poirier. ??Babies. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials."Glass is breaking. After the tornado passed. a Republican.Leveled buildings.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. and she asked me if I was OK.Southerners. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.TUSCALOOSA. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. the toll is expected to rise.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. and she asked me if I was OK. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa."Glass is breaking. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. 'Mom. Brian Wilhite. said Attie Poirier. bathtubs and restaurant coolers."The last thing she said on the phone. Dazed residents wandered the streets.. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.. a former Louisianan.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.While Alabama was hit the hardest.
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