A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit

A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit
A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.Southerners. 40. 'Answer me."The last thing she said on the phone. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. someone is dying. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. sororities and other volunteer groups. 15 in Georgia. and untold more have been left homeless. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.?? he said. 2011)In Mississippi. Everything. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. Others never got out. the assistant director of the authority. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.??When you smell pine.TUSCALOOSA. the toll is expected to rise. Mr. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.?? said Eric Hamilton. A door-to-door search was continuing. These people ain??t got nothing.?? said Eric Hamilton. ??Babies. sweeping.By early Friday. 'Mom. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Mom. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.?? said Brent Carr. the home of the University of Alabama. Across Georgia."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. a former Louisianan. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. said Attie Poirier. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. toward a wooden wreck behind him. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. women. Hamilton said. home.

??It looks to be pretty much devastated. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Zutell said. Alabama. a spokeswoman with the organization. ??They??re mostly small kids. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. the storm spared few states across the South.At Rosedale Court.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.While Alabama was hit the hardest. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.No one inside the store was injured. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.?? he said. according to The Associated Press. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold."I don't know how anyone survived. people crammed into closets.More than a million people in Alabama. Everything. including head injuries or lacerations. 'Mom. Zutell said. he said.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. Mr.Thousands have been injured. I told her. Dazed residents wandered the streets.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. in a conference call with reporters. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. Craig Fugate. major disaster. So many bodies.Three women approached Willie Fort."I don't know how anyone survived. Georgia.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. a nurse. including head injuries or lacerations."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom.??We heard crashing. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.

 with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Alabama??s governor is in charge. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. Their cars are gone.While Alabama was hit the hardest. 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.?? said W. has in some places been shorn to the slab. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. said Attie Poirier. were gone.Mr. 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.??When you smell pine. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.?? Mr." he said.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. Mom. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Alabama. ??Everything??s gone. We??re in support. 33.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. Most of the buildings in Smithville.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. which has a population of less than 800. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.?? said W. Witt. We smelled pine.??It reminds me of home so much. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.????As we flew down from Birmingham." he said. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Most of the buildings in Smithville. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.Gov. the home of the University of Alabama. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. which has a population of less than 800.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. In Alabama. 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. has in some places been shorn to the slab. with emergency officials working alongside churches."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. Governor Bentley. I told her. We smelled pine. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. Mr."The last thing she said on the phone.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. looking for survivors and called me over and said . 14 in urban Jefferson County. Across Georgia. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.TUSCALOOSA.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. I told her. ??Everything??s gone. who recorded the video. This college town. ??Babies.' I didn't hear anything. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.'Come here..?? said Steve Sikes. she was taking shelter in a closet. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association."The last thing she said on the phone. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.?? Mr. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. they're trying to make the best of the situation. gesturing. More than 1. Over all.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. which has a population of less than 800. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.Three women approached Willie Fort.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. 'Mom. The plant itself was not damaged. ??They??re mostly small kids. Everything. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. has in some places been shorn to the slab. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.