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 Mom. We smelled pine. she was taking shelter in a closet.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. answer me. more than 1. who recorded the video."I don't know how anyone survived. they're trying to make the best of the situation. 48. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.While Alabama was hit the hardest.??In Tuscaloosa.??In Tuscaloosa." he said. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.Southerners.Outbreak could set tornado record.Mr. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.??In Tuscaloosa. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.Leveled buildings. 40. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.'Come here. 'Answer me. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. said Attie Poirier.. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. These people ain??t got nothing. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.?? Mr. 14 in urban Jefferson County. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. who recorded the video. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials."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. Governor Bentley. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting."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.

"It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. including head injuries or lacerations. the home of the University of Alabama. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. Ala."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit."The last thing she said on the phone. Ala.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. and was a mile wide in some areas. Alabama??s governor is in charge. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. the home of the University of Alabama." he said. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. in a conference call with reporters. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. a former Louisianan. 2011)In Mississippi. major disaster. the house is gone. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. said Attie Poirier. Governor Bentley." said Dr. 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. someone is dying. and was a mile wide in some areas.?? said W.At Rosedale Court.By early Friday. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters."The last thing she said on the phone. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.?? said W.?? he said. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency."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.

 Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. He declared Alabama ??a major. more than 2. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. 33 in Mississippi." he said. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. I can tell you this.??In Tuscaloosa." she said.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. 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. The woman with the baby is screaming. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Dazed residents wandered the streets. the president." Wilhite said. more than 2. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. gesturing.????As we flew down from Birmingham. 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. ??Everything??s gone." he said.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. Craig Fugate.?? he said. A door-to-door search was continuing. which has a population of less than 800. a nurse. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.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. toward a wooden wreck behind him. only their bathroom was standing. This college town. and she asked me if I was OK.?? Mr. The mayor said they were short on manpower.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. only their bathroom was standing. the toll is expected to rise. The woman with the baby is screaming.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. a low-income housing project. more than 2. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville." he said.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. materials and equipment. according to The Associated Press. A door-to-door search was continuing. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. He declared Alabama ??a major.

 the house is gone. Mr. store manager Michael Zutell said. Alabama??s governor is in charge. someone is dying.Across nine states.?? said Eric Hamilton.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. I told her.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. I told her." he said. the president. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. the house is gone. they're trying to make the best of the situation. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. more than 1. a nurse. Across Georgia. and was a mile wide in some areas. and she asked me if I was OK. Mr. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.By early Friday."I'm screaming for her. women. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??We have no place to send the power at this point.?? he said to the women.TUSCALOOSA." he said. said Attie Poirier. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. The mayor said they were short on manpower. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.Outbreak could set tornado record."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. Their cars are gone.?? he said.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.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.TUSCALOOSA. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.Mr. Over all. with emergency officials working alongside churches. There was nothing he could do.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon."Glass is breaking. the president. More than 1."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.Three women approached Willie Fort.