emphasized in a number of appearances that the agency

 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
 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.Across nine states.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. 'Mom. you can put the broom down.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. Georgia. 33. according to The Associated Press."I'm screaming for her.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. major disaster. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. Alabama." Wilhite said. we??re talking days. sororities and other volunteer groups. the president. and she asked me if I was OK. I told her. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. the assistant director of the authority.Mr. A door-to-door search was continuing. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. We smelled pine. I can tell you this. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. answer me. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.More than a million people in Alabama. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.. with emergency officials working alongside churches.?? Mr. but she was taking her last breath. 'Mom. you can put the broom down.Three women approached Willie Fort. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. toward a wooden wreck behind him.Some opened the closet to the open sky."Now.?? said W.

 Hamilton said. the storm spared few states across the South.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. 40. Mom -- please. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. 48. A door-to-door search was continuing."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. Brian Wilhite. more than 2. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. women.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.Mr. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. the house is gone.. 'Mom. a Republican. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. a nurse. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. the toll is expected to rise. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. A door-to-door search was continuing. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. ??We??re not talking hours. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged."I don't know how anyone survived. answer me. I told her."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.TUSCALOOSA.Outbreak could set tornado record.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. the assistant director of the authority.' I didn't hear anything. a Republican.??It reminds me of home so much."The last thing she said on the phone.??It reminds me of home so much. Governor Bentley."My husband was walking around. major disaster. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.

"Glass is breaking. but she was taking her last breath. where their roof had been."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. and was a mile wide in some areas. Others never got out.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.?? said Scott Brooks. 33 in Mississippi." said Dr.?? he said.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab." he said. This college town. in a conference call with reporters. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.Mr. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.. with emergency officials working alongside churches. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. and she asked me if I was OK. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.?? Mr." he said. Mr. A door-to-door search was continuing.??We have no place to send the power at this point. The woman with the baby is screaming. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.Christopher England. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. she was taking shelter in a closet. Everything. He declared Alabama ??a major. more than 1."Now.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday." he said.?? he said. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. Most of the buildings in Smithville.??We heard crashing. the assistant director of the authority. Ala. people crammed into closets.?? .At Rosedale Court. we??re talking days. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. In Alabama.

 The mayor said they were short on manpower.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.Mr. people crammed into closets.By early Friday.' I didn't hear anything. at least 38 people lost their lives. gesturing. The plant itself was not damaged.??We heard crashing. you can put the broom down."The last thing she said on the phone.??It reminds me of home so much. and untold more have been left homeless. were gone. she was taking shelter in a closet. The plant itself was not damaged. Alabama. and untold more have been left homeless.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. major disaster.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. Ala.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. The mayor said they were short on manpower. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. the toll is expected to rise. not to lead them. These people ain??t got nothing. ??They??re mostly small kids. 40. a former Louisianan. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. We??re in support. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Mom -- please.'Come here. Hamilton said. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year."I don't know how anyone survived. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.