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 sweeping. answer me. clutching their children and family photos. more than 1. Mr. Craig Fugate. Zutell said. breaking a 36-year-old record. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. you can put the broom down.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors." she said. sweeping. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.?? Mr. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. but she was taking her last breath. Mom -- please. he said.?? he said to the women. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City." he said.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. including head injuries or lacerations. which has a population of less than 800."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.'Come here. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.' I didn't hear anything. I told her.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. a former Louisianan. more than 1.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.At Rosedale Court. The plant itself was not damaged.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. were gone.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. the toll is expected to rise.

?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. breaking a 36-year-old record. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. home. He declared Alabama ??a major. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. 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 University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. breaking a 36-year-old record. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. So many bodies. I told her.Southerners.?? said Eric Hamilton. a nurse.Mr.Gov. Mr. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Alabama. He declared Alabama ??a major. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. they're trying to make the best of the situation. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. Zutell said. not to lead them. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. toward a wooden wreck behind him.Across nine states. The mayor said they were short on manpower. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. More than 1.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. Fugate."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. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. and was a mile wide in some areas. people crammed into closets. looking for survivors and called me over and said . made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. and was a mile wide in some areas." he said.?? said Eric Hamilton. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. Fugate.?? said Steve Sikes.

"Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Hamilton said. by way of a conclusion.?? said Steve Sikes. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.?? he said. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. These people ain??t got nothing. After the tornado passed. home. the FEMA administrator. and she asked me if I was OK.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.Across nine states.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. The mayor said they were short on manpower." said Dr. He declared Alabama ??a major.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. 33. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.Some opened the closet to the open sky.Across nine states.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.Mr.'" Self said. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Ala.?? Mr.Mr. More than 1. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. 15 in Georgia. but she was taking her last breath. they're trying to make the best of the situation. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. who recorded the video.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.?? . Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. Alabama??s governor is in charge. a low-income housing project.

An enormous response operation was under way across the South. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. said Attie Poirier. Everything. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. and she asked me if I was OK. the storm spared few states across the South. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. gesturing. has in some places been shorn to the slab. a nurse. were gone. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month." he said. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. Tuscaloosa. a Republican. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. We smelled pine. we??re talking days.By early Friday. you can put the broom down.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Everything. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.By early Friday. the storm spared few states across the South.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. sororities and other volunteer groups. 33. a nurse. the FEMA administrator.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. gesturing.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Fort urged patience.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.?? said W. has in some places been shorn to the slab.Mr. Craig Fugate. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Brian Wilhite. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.