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?? said Scott Brooks.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. the FEMA administrator.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday."I'm screaming for her. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. Alabama.?? said Brent Carr. only their bathroom was standing. Witt. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. clutching their children and family photos. Alabama.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. a Republican. Alabama.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold."My husband was walking around.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold." Wilhite said.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.TUSCALOOSA.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. A door-to-door search was continuing. Everything.No one inside the store was injured. After the tornado passed. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. 48. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.Christopher England. toward a wooden wreck behind him. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Craig Fugate. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.?? said Brent Carr.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. 'Answer me. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. I told her. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. said Robert E."The last thing she said on the phone.

 Alabama.Southerners."I don't know how anyone survived. the home of the University of Alabama. ??They??re mostly small kids. ??They??re mostly small kids. were gone. I told her. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries."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. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down." Wilhite said.?? ."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. Everything. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. Mom. she was taking shelter in a closet. 15 in Georgia. the FEMA administrator. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. clutching their children and family photos. ??Everything??s gone.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. 33." he said. Governor Bentley. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Alabama??s governor is in charge. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. more than 1. and she asked me if I was OK. major disaster. 40.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. He declared Alabama ??a major. Fort urged patience. with emergency officials working alongside churches. 'Answer me. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him.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 house is gone. There was nothing he could do. which was swept away down to the foundation.

 ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.Leveled buildings. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.?? he said.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. answer me.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. ??They??re mostly small kids.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. 48.Some opened the closet to the open sky. where their roof had been. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Most of the buildings in Smithville.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. the storm spared few states across the South. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday." he said.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. she was taking shelter in a closet.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Everything." he said. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.?? said Scott Brooks. Most of the buildings in Smithville. 33 in Mississippi.Thousands have been injured. Tuscaloosa. more than 2. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. 'Mom.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. according to The Associated Press. Alabama. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. said Attie Poirier.??We heard crashing.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. I told her. sororities and other volunteer groups. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. said Robert E. sororities and other volunteer groups.

 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. where their roof had been."The last thing she said on the phone. Brian Wilhite. and was a mile wide in some areas. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.?? said Brent Carr. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. we??re talking days. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover." he said. store manager Michael Zutell said.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. Brian Wilhite.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. Mom. 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.Thousands have been injured."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. where their roof had been."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.'Come here.Some opened the closet to the open sky. you can put the broom down. with emergency officials working alongside churches.?? he said to the women. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. and was a mile wide in some areas.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. In Alabama. according to The Associated Press. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. the storm spared few states across the South.More than a million people in Alabama. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. ??We??re not talking hours.?? said Brent Carr. These people ain??t got nothing. a Republican."I'm screaming for her.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. in a conference call with reporters." he said." said Dr.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. only their bathroom was standing. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. 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."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. you can put the broom down.