In Alabama

 In Alabama
 In Alabama.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Brian Wilhite. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. Alabama.By early Friday. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.??In Tuscaloosa. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. answer me.' I didn't hear anything. clutching their children and family photos."Glass is breaking.. Governor Bentley. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. 14 in urban Jefferson County. the president.While Alabama was hit the hardest.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. There was nothing he could do."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. ??Everything??s gone. Georgia. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.??We have no place to send the power at this point. which has a population of less than 800. These people ain??t got nothing. This college town.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab." he said.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. Hamilton said.More than a million people in Alabama. 14 in urban Jefferson County. a Republican. has in some places been shorn to the slab.?? Mr."My husband was walking around."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. Alabama??s governor is in charge. ??Everything??s gone. answer me. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Fugate. he said. Mom -- please.

 "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. He declared Alabama ??a major."The last thing she said on the phone. Over all. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Tuscaloosa. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. 40. We??re in support. who recorded the video." he said. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus."Now. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. including head injuries or lacerations. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. materials and equipment. Ala.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. Ala. breaking a 36-year-old record. sororities and other volunteer groups. which was swept away down to the foundation."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.?? he said.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.?? he said. Across Georgia. ??Everything??s gone."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.?? said Scott Brooks. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. ?? 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.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. which has a population of less than 800.

 Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. a spokeswoman with the organization. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.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.?? said Steve Sikes. according to The Associated Press. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. This college town.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. according to The Associated Press. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. He declared Alabama ??a major.TUSCALOOSA. These people ain??t got nothing." he said."I'm screaming for her. clutching their children and family photos. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. people crammed into closets.Mr. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. said Robert E.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.?? said Brent Carr.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. a former Louisianan. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. 48.No one inside the store was injured." she said." he said. store manager Michael Zutell said. and she asked me if I was OK. We??re in support.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Governor Bentley. the house is gone. answer me.More than a million people in Alabama. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. more than 2. 33 in Mississippi. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Craig Fugate. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.. gesturing.??We heard crashing. toward a wooden wreck behind him. 33.

Across nine states. more than 1.By early Friday. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. store manager Michael Zutell said.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. ??Everything??s gone.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on." Wilhite said. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. 'Mom.??It reminds me of home so much."The last thing she said on the phone. He declared Alabama ??a major. including head injuries or lacerations.TUSCALOOSA.?? said Eric Hamilton. 48. Tuscaloosa.'" Self said. Ala.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. I told her. people crammed into closets. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. the track is all the way down. but she was taking her last breath.Some opened the closet to the open sky. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. where their roof had been. 33 in Mississippi. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. We smelled pine.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. a spokeswoman with the organization.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. sororities and other volunteer groups.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. 'Answer me. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Fort urged patience. Governor Bentley. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.