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 said Attie Poirier. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. but she was taking her last breath. ??Babies. More than 1. they're trying to make the best of the situation. the assistant director of the authority. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. the track is all the way down. Georgia.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.??We heard crashing."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. 14 in urban Jefferson County. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. A door-to-door search was continuing. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa."I don't know how anyone survived. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. only their bathroom was standing. 33. 33. Alabama??s governor is in charge.??We have no place to send the power at this point. we??re talking days.?? said Brent Carr.TUSCALOOSA. 'Answer me. the storm spared few states across the South. clutching their children and family photos.' I didn't hear anything. 15 in Georgia. Everything. More than 1."My husband was walking around. There was nothing he could do. a low-income housing project. Most of the buildings in Smithville. with emergency officials working alongside churches.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Brian Wilhite. a nurse.Mr."I don't know how anyone survived. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.?? he said. I can tell you this.?? said Eric Hamilton.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29."My husband was walking around. the house is gone. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. 48.

 Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. The mayor said they were short on manpower.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. 15 in Georgia. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. I told her.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. but she was taking her last breath. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Alabama.Mr. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.?? said W. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. ??They??re mostly small kids." he said. These people ain??t got nothing."I don't know how anyone survived. breaking a 36-year-old record. 48. 2011)In Mississippi. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.Gov. These people ain??t got nothing.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. We smelled pine.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. she was taking shelter in a closet. 33.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. So many bodies.'" Self said.??In Tuscaloosa. people crammed into closets. the assistant director of the authority. Alabama. women. Others never got out.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. 33 in Mississippi. Ala. Governor Bentley.Three women approached Willie Fort. the home of the University of Alabama.?? Mr.?? said Scott Brooks. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. the home of the University of Alabama. looking for survivors and called me over and said . Over all. 40. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.

While Alabama was hit the hardest. The mayor said they were short on manpower.Three women approached Willie Fort.While Alabama was hit the hardest. only their bathroom was standing. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. and untold more have been left homeless. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.Three women approached Willie Fort. which was swept away down to the foundation. 'Answer me.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared." he said. major disaster. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.??When you smell pine. Most of the buildings in Smithville.'" Self said. Others never got out. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. were gone. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. answer me. people crammed into closets.??We have no place to send the power at this point. where their roof had been."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. breaking a 36-year-old record.Three women approached Willie Fort. someone is dying. the storm spared few states across the South. with emergency officials working alongside churches. who recorded the video. the track is all the way down. answer me." he said. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. according to The Associated Press. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. and she asked me if I was OK. 'Mom. 33. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. I can tell you this.While Alabama was hit the hardest."My husband was walking around.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. but she was taking her last breath. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. 14 in urban Jefferson County."Now. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.

 40. gesturing.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.Thousands have been injured.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks."The last thing she said on the phone." she said."I don't know how anyone survived.Thousands have been injured. with emergency officials working alongside churches.While Alabama was hit the hardest. the home of the University of Alabama.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors." he said. major disaster. which was swept away down to the foundation. and untold more have been left homeless.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. the house is gone. 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. and was a mile wide in some areas."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. gesturing.No one inside the store was injured.Thousands have been injured.?? said Brent Carr.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries."I don't know how anyone survived.'Come here. ??They??re mostly small kids. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. The plant itself was not damaged. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. according to The Associated Press." he said. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries..Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29."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.TUSCALOOSA. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. the house is gone. according to The Associated Press. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.?? he said to the women. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. looking for survivors and called me over and said ."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. Mom -- please. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. who recorded the video."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.