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 he said. the house is gone. Craig Fugate. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.?? he said."My husband was walking around. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. sweeping. they're trying to make the best of the situation. Over all. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. Their cars are gone. but she was taking her last breath.?? said Eric Hamilton. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. the president.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.Some opened the closet to the open sky. 33. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. a nurse. were gone. including head injuries or lacerations. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.?? he said. Their cars are gone. Alabama??s governor is in charge.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. The mayor said they were short on manpower. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. a low-income housing project."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. materials and equipment.????As we flew down from Birmingham.??In Tuscaloosa. Their cars are gone.?? he said. He declared Alabama ??a major.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus."The last thing she said on the phone. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.No one inside the store was injured. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him.?? said Brent Carr. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. Craig Fugate.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. ??Everything??s gone. more than 1. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.

 In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. the FEMA administrator. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. more than 2.Some opened the closet to the open sky. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. she was taking shelter in a closet.More than a million people in Alabama.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.????As we flew down from Birmingham. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. Most of the buildings in Smithville.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. I told her.??We heard crashing.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.000 National Guard troops have been deployed." said Dr. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. This college town. more than 1. the FEMA administrator. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Georgia. according to The Associated Press. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. There was nothing he could do. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.Thousands have been injured.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.?? he said."I don't know how anyone survived. the FEMA administrator. answer me.??We have no place to send the power at this point. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.????As we flew down from Birmingham.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors."The last thing she said on the phone."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.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. Hamilton said. Across Georgia. 15 in Georgia.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Craig Fugate.

 large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.Southerners. he said. who recorded the video."Now. Fugate.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.While Alabama was hit the hardest. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. 33 in Mississippi. major disaster. the toll is expected to rise. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region." he said.Christopher England. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.?? said Eric Hamilton. ??We??re not talking hours.More than a million people in Alabama. the home of the University of Alabama. but she was taking her last breath. the house is gone. Mr.?? he said to the women.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. Mr. where their roof had been. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.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. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. He declared Alabama ??a major.More than a million people in Alabama. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. The plant itself was not damaged. a low-income housing project. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. the storm spared few states across the South.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.'Come here. The mayor said they were short on manpower. a nurse. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.?? he said to the women.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.. not to lead them. Governor Bentley. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.While Alabama was hit the hardest.?? said Scott Brooks.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.

 made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance."I don't know how anyone survived. 14 in urban Jefferson County.Some opened the closet to the open sky. Mom."Now. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.?? he said to the women. 'Mom. more than 2. the FEMA administrator. This college town. The woman with the baby is screaming. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. looking for survivors and called me over and said . with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. looking for survivors and called me over and said . "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. the toll is expected to rise."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital."The last thing she said on the phone. the FEMA administrator. clutching their children and family photos.. Ala. a low-income housing project. in a conference call with reporters. I told her. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. The woman with the baby is screaming. clutching their children and family photos. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. There was nothing he could do. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.Outbreak could set tornado record.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.Christopher England. Dazed residents wandered the streets. Craig Fugate. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. a Republican. Georgia. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.?? said Brent Carr. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in."My husband was walking around. Mr. the track is all the way down." he said.?? he said. Hamilton said. Mom.