and was a mile wide in some areas

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 and was a mile wide in some areas.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. who recorded the video. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.??It reminds me of home so much. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. which has a population of less than 800.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here." he said.?? Mr. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. This college town. including head injuries or lacerations. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. Over all. 'Mom. Ala.TUSCALOOSA. Mom -- please.'" Self said.????As we flew down from Birmingham."I'm screaming for her. the president.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Across Georgia.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. which was swept away down to the foundation.' I didn't hear anything." he said. sororities and other volunteer groups. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. These people ain??t got nothing."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.??In Tuscaloosa. the president. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. more than 1. the FEMA administrator.?? said Scott Brooks. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. we??re talking days. We smelled pine.'" Self said. a spokeswoman with the organization. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.

 Fugate. I can tell you this. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.Leveled buildings. Their cars are gone. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.?? he said. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. 14 in urban Jefferson County. and she asked me if I was OK. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. After the tornado passed.?? said Scott Brooks.By early Friday. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. major disaster.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks."I don't know how anyone survived. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.While Alabama was hit the hardest. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.?? Mr. the track is all the way down. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. ??Everything??s gone.More than a million people in Alabama. Hamilton said. Georgia."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.Christopher England.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. ??Babies.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Ala. more than 1." she said.'" Self said."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.?? he said. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. Everything. a nurse. We??re in support. So many bodies.

 a low-income housing project. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. sweeping. 33 in Mississippi." she said. major disaster. Alabama.Mr. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.??When you smell pine. The mayor said they were short on manpower.Three women approached Willie Fort. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. So many bodies.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. answer me. the house is gone. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.'" Self said. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. 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. 33 in Mississippi."The last thing she said on the phone.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.Christopher England. Over all. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.?? .?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. A door-to-door search was continuing. 'Mom. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Tuscaloosa. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. Craig Fugate.Gov. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. Governor Bentley.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 last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. This college town. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. and untold more have been left homeless."Now. where their roof had been. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.

 Governor Bentley. with emergency officials working alongside churches.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Mr. the storm spared few states across the South. the president. Everything. which has a population of less than 800. someone is dying." she said.?? said W. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.Some opened the closet to the open sky. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. toward a wooden wreck behind him. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.At Rosedale Court.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. but she was taking her last breath. 'Answer me. who recorded the video. he said. in a conference call with reporters. said Attie Poirier. 15 in Georgia.. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. a Republican. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop." he said. We??re in support. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. Governor Bentley.Christopher England. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.?? Mr.Mr.Across nine states.?? said W. and she asked me if I was OK."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. said Robert E.??We have no place to send the power at this point.Three women approached Willie Fort."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Ala."Now. Alabama.