So many bodies

 So many bodies
 So many bodies. Fort urged patience. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. 48. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. where their roof had been." said Dr. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.?? said Eric Hamilton. where their roof had been.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.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. sweeping. Over all. they're trying to make the best of the situation. Zutell said. they're trying to make the best of the situation.??It reminds me of home so much. This college town."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. a former Louisianan.??When you smell pine."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. I can tell you this. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.??In Tuscaloosa. more than 1. someone is dying. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. women. women. the president. So many bodies. and untold more have been left homeless. and untold more have been left homeless. Mom. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. 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.?? said Eric Hamilton. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. which residents now describe merely as ??gone." he said. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa." he said.More than a million people in Alabama. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand.

 Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville."I don't know how anyone survived. a spokeswoman with the organization." Wilhite said. The woman with the baby is screaming. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. 14 in urban Jefferson County. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. and she asked me if I was OK.?? said Brent Carr. only their bathroom was standing. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.Mr.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. which was swept away down to the foundation. Hamilton said. I told her. not to lead them. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. the home of the University of Alabama. with emergency officials working alongside churches."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. In Alabama."Now.?? said Eric Hamilton. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.??In Tuscaloosa.Mr. We smelled pine. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.?? Mr. the toll is expected to rise. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. Zutell said. Dazed residents wandered the streets.Christopher England.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.Outbreak could set tornado record. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. I can tell you this. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. in a conference call with reporters. Alabama??s governor is in charge.

 with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. we??re talking days. store manager Michael Zutell said."My husband was walking around. according to The Associated Press.?? said Scott Brooks. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. a low-income housing project. looking for survivors and called me over and said . Craig Fugate. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.While Alabama was hit the hardest.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August." he said. 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..More than a million people in Alabama. Witt. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded."My husband was walking around.Leveled buildings. the president.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.????As we flew down from Birmingham. with emergency officials working alongside churches.Across nine states. ??Babies.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. a former Louisianan. bathtubs and restaurant coolers."I don't know how anyone survived.Some opened the closet to the open sky. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator..??It looks to be pretty much devastated.?? said Brent Carr. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Alabama.Leveled buildings. home.Outbreak could set tornado record. and she asked me if I was OK.??In Tuscaloosa.????As we flew down from Birmingham. and she asked me if I was OK. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.

 a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. looking for survivors and called me over and said . store manager Michael Zutell said. more than 2. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. 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. Alabama. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. Governor Bentley. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. The woman with the baby is screaming.Outbreak could set tornado record.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. people crammed into closets." he said."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. Alabama.More than a million people in Alabama. where their roof had been. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.?? said Scott Brooks. said Attie Poirier. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. in a conference call with reporters.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. 15 in Georgia. 14 in urban Jefferson County. someone is dying. answer me.?? said Steve Sikes.'Come here. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. a nurse. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. we??re talking days. women.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. Craig Fugate. Fort urged patience. 2011)In Mississippi. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. we??re talking days.??It reminds me of home so much. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.