In Alabama

 In Alabama
 In Alabama.Christopher England. I can tell you this."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. 33 in Mississippi.??It reminds me of home so much. These people ain??t got nothing.?? said Brent Carr..Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Mom -- please. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. were gone.??It reminds me of home so much.'Come here. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. Witt. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.?? Mr. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. sororities and other volunteer groups. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.?? he said. In Alabama. and she asked me if I was OK. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. and untold more have been left homeless.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. someone is dying. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states."I'm screaming for her. Mr.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.By early Friday.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. 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.?? Mr.??In Tuscaloosa. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.At Rosedale Court.????As we flew down from Birmingham.More than a million people in Alabama. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. The woman with the baby is screaming.Mr. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.

 In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.Christopher England. a low-income housing project. store manager Michael Zutell said. said Robert E. Their cars are gone. More than 1. only their bathroom was standing.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. he said.No one inside the store was injured. where their roof had been. has in some places been shorn to the slab.Outbreak could set tornado record. more than 2. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. 'Answer me.An enormous response operation was under way across the South."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.Some opened the closet to the open sky. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. A door-to-door search was continuing.?? said Brent Carr.?? he said.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. I can tell you this.??We have no place to send the power at this point.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. the FEMA administrator.?? said Steve Sikes. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. Brian Wilhite. we??re talking days. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.?? Mr.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. ??Babies.??In Tuscaloosa. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. the president.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. a Republican.By early Friday. Ala. More than 1. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.

 an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. she was taking shelter in a closet.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. I told her. Mr. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.?? said Steve Sikes. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. gesturing. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Governor Bentley." he said.'Come here." he said. the home of the University of Alabama.??We heard crashing."Now. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. you can put the broom down. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. more than 1. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.?? said Eric Hamilton. Their cars are gone.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. Across Georgia.?? he said to the women. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. with emergency officials working alongside churches. We smelled pine. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. where their roof had been."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. toward a wooden wreck behind him.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles."I'm screaming for her. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. toward a wooden wreck behind him. Others never got out. ??Everything??s gone.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. A door-to-door search was continuing. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him.?? said Eric Hamilton.

Outbreak could set tornado record. she was taking shelter in a closet. in a conference call with reporters.??We heard crashing.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.At Rosedale Court."Glass is breaking. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. more than 2. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.Leveled buildings." she said. Everything. the assistant director of the authority. So many bodies.Leveled buildings.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. and she asked me if I was OK. ??Everything??s gone. ??Everything??s gone. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance.?? Mr. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. said Robert E. which was swept away down to the foundation. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.Across nine states. ??Babies.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.More than a million people in Alabama. ??Babies. clutching their children and family photos. the track is all the way down. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. I can tell you this. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. Alabama??s governor is in charge. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.Outbreak could set tornado record. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.' I didn't hear anything. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. she was taking shelter in a closet. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.