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Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. A door-to-door search was continuing. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. ??We??re not talking hours. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand.Leveled buildings. the president. Zutell said.Three women approached Willie Fort. Mom -- please. you can put the broom down. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.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..Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. a former Louisianan. the track is all the way down. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. breaking a 36-year-old record. Craig Fugate.?? . there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month."The last thing she said on the phone."I don't know how anyone survived.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. ??Babies." he said. they're trying to make the best of the situation. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. said Attie Poirier." he said. which has a population of less than 800. were gone. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.Across nine states. she was taking shelter in a closet."I'm screaming for her. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. in a conference call with reporters.Leveled buildings. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.?? he said.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. she was taking shelter in a closet.?? said Steve Sikes. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. 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. they're trying to make the best of the situation."I don't know how anyone survived.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Ala. sororities and other volunteer groups.

 by way of a conclusion. Mom. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.Thousands have been injured.Mr. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. 15 in Georgia.?? Mr." Wilhite said. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.By early Friday. This college town. the home of the University of Alabama." he said. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door." he said. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. 48." he said. ??Babies. In Alabama.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. at least 38 people lost their lives. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. 48. Most of the buildings in Smithville." he said.?? he said. where their roof had been.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. the storm spared few states across the South. ??They??re mostly small kids. home. the FEMA administrator. and untold more have been left homeless. a nurse. He declared Alabama ??a major.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.????As we flew down from Birmingham.Christopher England.Mr. the storm spared few states across the South. by way of a conclusion. The woman with the baby is screaming.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting." he said. the track is all the way down. with emergency officials working alongside churches.?? he said.

"I'm screaming for her. Mom. Most of the buildings in Smithville. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.By early Friday. 40.'" Self said. the president. 33 in Mississippi. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Brian Wilhite. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. More than 1. 48. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.'Come here. has in some places been shorn to the slab. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. sweeping. someone is dying. This college town. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Alabama. clutching their children and family photos. more than 1. but she was taking her last breath. I told her. including head injuries or lacerations. Alabama. Hamilton said.?? said Eric Hamilton."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom.At Rosedale Court. not to lead them.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. she was taking shelter in a closet. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. 2011)In Mississippi." he said. the FEMA administrator.Christopher England. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. more than 2. at least 38 people lost their lives. and was a mile wide in some areas. 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.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors."My husband was walking around. where their roof had been. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. the assistant director of the authority." he said. Craig Fugate. which has a population of less than 800.