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Mr.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Alabama. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina." he said. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.Outbreak could set tornado record.While Alabama was hit the hardest.Southerners. 'Mom.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.' I didn't hear anything.?? said Scott Brooks. a nurse. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. 33. in a conference call with reporters. Mom. 'Answer me. store manager Michael Zutell said. ??Everything??s gone."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." he said.Across nine states.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. answer me. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. in a conference call with reporters."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.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit." he said.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. people crammed into closets. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. Fugate. which was swept away down to the foundation.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. and was a mile wide in some areas." he said. Craig Fugate. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. Alabama. which was swept away down to the foundation. home. gesturing. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.?? said Scott Brooks. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.?? he said." said Dr.

 said Attie Poirier. 'Mom. The plant itself was not damaged. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. said Robert E.?? Mr. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Craig Fugate. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. ??They??re mostly small kids. In Alabama. Across Georgia.No one inside the store was injured. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. home. including head injuries or lacerations.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. the assistant director of the authority.Mr.More than a million people in Alabama.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.Three women approached Willie Fort. Mom -- please. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. materials and equipment.While Alabama was hit the hardest.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. which has a population of less than 800. clutching their children and family photos.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. Georgia. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. a Republican.??It reminds me of home so much. There was nothing he could do. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.?? he said to the women.?? said Scott Brooks. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. 33. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. we??re talking days.?? he said.Leveled buildings.?? said Steve Sikes. Hamilton said. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. he said. a low-income housing project.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.

 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down."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. a former Louisianan. I can tell you this. major disaster.Christopher England. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.?? he said. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.?? said Scott Brooks. according to The Associated Press. but she was taking her last breath. Governor Bentley.Southerners. clutching their children and family photos. by way of a conclusion. There was nothing he could do.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. he said. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. he said. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. more than 1. major disaster. gesturing. Tuscaloosa. women.At Rosedale Court. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.?? said Brent Carr. Dazed residents wandered the streets. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.??We heard crashing. sweeping. who recorded the video.??It reminds me of home so much. the storm spared few states across the South.?? said W.?? said Steve Sikes." he said. at least 38 people lost their lives. and she asked me if I was OK.'" Self said. and untold more have been left homeless. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. who recorded the video. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. a former Louisianan. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.

?? he said.TUSCALOOSA. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.Gov. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.??It reminds me of home so much.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. he said. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Ala.??When you smell pine.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on." he said.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.?? said Steve Sikes. Alabama??s governor is in charge. major disaster. Mom. 14 in urban Jefferson County. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee." she said. the assistant director of the authority.Gov.Leveled buildings." Wilhite said. with emergency officials working alongside churches. 33. he said.?? he said."I'm screaming for her. women. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. materials and equipment. the track is all the way down. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.??We heard crashing. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance." said Dr.While Alabama was hit the hardest.Outbreak could set tornado record. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.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. So many bodies. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. store manager Michael Zutell said.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.No one inside the store was injured.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.Three women approached Willie Fort. has in some places been shorn to the slab.