TUSCALOOSA

TUSCALOOSA
TUSCALOOSA. Brian Wilhite. people crammed into closets.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. said Attie Poirier.Three women approached Willie Fort. He declared Alabama ??a major. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. and was a mile wide in some areas. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. More than 1. 14 in urban Jefferson County. according to The Associated Press. the president.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. home. the president."I'm screaming for her. at least 38 people lost their lives.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Across Georgia. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. the assistant director of the authority. Craig Fugate.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. Craig Fugate. people crammed into closets. in a conference call with reporters. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. These people ain??t got nothing. they're trying to make the best of the situation. home." he said."Glass is breaking. looking for survivors and called me over and said .??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. you can put the broom down.????As we flew down from Birmingham. sweeping. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.At Rosedale Court."My husband was walking around. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. the FEMA administrator. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. ??Everything??s gone."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom.????As we flew down from Birmingham. at least 38 people lost their lives.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.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. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.

 large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.?? he said. she was taking shelter in a closet. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. were gone. which was swept away down to the foundation. but she was taking her last breath. Dazed residents wandered the streets.?? Mr. I can tell you this.?? he said. 2011)In Mississippi.?? he said. where their roof had been. by way of a conclusion." she said." he said.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. clutching their children and family photos. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. looking for survivors and called me over and said .700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. where their roof had been.??We heard crashing. major disaster.By early Friday. gesturing.TUSCALOOSA. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. breaking a 36-year-old record. he said. The woman with the baby is screaming. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. said Robert E. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. major disaster. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. Governor Bentley. toward a wooden wreck behind him. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. the home of the University of Alabama." he said.. The plant itself was not damaged. by way of a conclusion. a Republican. Alabama. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.??We have no place to send the power at this point.

 More than 1. a Republican."Now.?? he said. women.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. 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. the assistant director of the authority. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.. Brian Wilhite.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. in a conference call with reporters. the assistant director of the authority.????As we flew down from Birmingham. 'Answer me."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.Three women approached Willie Fort.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. toward a wooden wreck behind him. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. the home of the University of Alabama.?? said Eric Hamilton. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. There was nothing he could do. home. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.'Come here. a low-income housing project. Ala. Across Georgia. 33.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. In Alabama. said Attie Poirier. Mom."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.?? he said. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. a former Louisianan.'" Self said. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.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.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.Three women approached Willie Fort. Governor Bentley. which was swept away down to the foundation. and she asked me if I was OK.??We heard crashing. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. a nurse. in a conference call with reporters.??In Tuscaloosa. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. not to lead them.?? Mr. 2011)In Mississippi."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. has in some places been shorn to the slab. more than 1. This college town. clutching their children and family photos. Brian Wilhite. 'Mom.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. I can tell you this. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. I can tell you this. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.??We heard crashing.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. which has a population of less than 800. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Their cars are gone. gesturing. and was a mile wide in some areas.?? said Scott Brooks. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. 33. a former Louisianan.?? Mr. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. 2011)In Mississippi. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.?? said Scott Brooks. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. Witt. Zutell said.?? said Brent Carr. 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. Most of the buildings in Smithville.?? said Scott Brooks.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.Mr. where their roof had been. major disaster. Everything."My husband was walking around.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Craig Fugate. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.