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 a low-income housing project.?? Mr. He declared Alabama ??a major. In Alabama. Georgia. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. who recorded the video. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.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. 33 in Mississippi. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.'" Self said. looking for survivors and called me over and said . clutching their children and family photos. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. answer me. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Others never got out. This college town. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. ??They??re mostly small kids."Now. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. he said. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. sweeping. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. 33. sweeping. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority."Glass is breaking. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. 14 in urban Jefferson County. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.?? said Eric Hamilton. We??re in support. according to The Associated Press.Thousands have been injured. the home of the University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.Mr.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. someone is dying. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. The plant itself was not damaged.?? he said.'Come here."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom."The last thing she said on the phone.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.

 He declared Alabama ??a major. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. she was taking shelter in a closet. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. by way of a conclusion." Wilhite said.Leveled buildings. the assistant director of the authority. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. 33.??When you smell pine. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.?? said Brent Carr.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.?? he said. The plant itself was not damaged. 14 in urban Jefferson County. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. the storm spared few states across the South. the FEMA administrator. and was a mile wide in some areas.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. and untold more have been left homeless. the track is all the way down. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. Dazed residents wandered the streets. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. materials and equipment."Glass is breaking. Witt.Across nine states. she was taking shelter in a closet. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured." he said. according to The Associated Press. 'Mom. Alabama. ??Everything??s gone.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. Craig Fugate.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line."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. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. After the tornado passed. breaking a 36-year-old record."I don't know how anyone survived.

By early Friday.?? he said.?? Mr. We??re in support. you can put the broom down. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.Leveled buildings. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance.Thousands have been injured. 15 in Georgia. more than 1.At Rosedale Court.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.??It reminds me of home so much. where their roof had been. the FEMA administrator. 2011)In Mississippi. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.While Alabama was hit the hardest. 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. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.??When you smell pine. We??re in support.Gov.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. 40. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. and was a mile wide in some areas. someone is dying. we??re talking days. Ala. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them." he said. said Attie Poirier. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Brian Wilhite. and was a mile wide in some areas.Outbreak could set tornado record."I'm screaming for her.?? said Steve Sikes. looking for survivors and called me over and said . with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. Alabama. but she was taking her last breath.??We heard crashing.

No one inside the store was injured. toward a wooden wreck behind him. In Alabama. After the tornado passed. you can put the broom down. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. Alabama. answer me. 'Mom.?? said Scott Brooks. with emergency officials working alongside churches. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door."Now. Craig Fugate. they're trying to make the best of the situation."Glass is breaking. Alabama??s governor is in charge.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.?? Mr. Governor Bentley. at least 38 people lost their lives. the toll is expected to rise. and untold more have been left homeless. Zutell said. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths."The last thing she said on the phone."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. you can put the broom down. Ala. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Most of the buildings in Smithville. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. Everything. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. toward a wooden wreck behind him."I don't know how anyone survived. with emergency officials working alongside churches.000 National Guard troops have been deployed..?? said Eric Hamilton.?? he said. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.Mr. a low-income housing project. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. This college town. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Others never got out.