but on Thursday hope was dwindling

 but on Thursday hope was dwindling
 but on Thursday hope was dwindling.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. 14 in urban Jefferson County. I told her. In Alabama. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. and untold more have been left homeless."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Fugate.?? he said. gesturing.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.?? he said to the women. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Fugate..An enormous response operation was under way across the South. the assistant director of the authority. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. These people ain??t got nothing.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.?? he said. ??Everything??s gone. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. gesturing. A door-to-door search was continuing.?? . who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Mom -- please. the assistant director of the authority. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. the track is all the way down. Ala. the president."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. who recorded the video. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.?? said W.??When you smell pine. including head injuries or lacerations. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.

 with emergency officials working alongside churches. clutching their children and family photos.Three women approached Willie Fort."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. by way of a conclusion. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.While Alabama was hit the hardest. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. Hamilton said. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. more than 1.'Come here.??We heard crashing. said Robert E. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. 33.Three women approached Willie Fort.??In Tuscaloosa. clutching their children and family photos. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. After the tornado passed.Mr.No one inside the store was injured. which was swept away down to the foundation.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.Gov. Brian Wilhite. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. Georgia. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. the track is all the way down. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado."Now. the president.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. were gone. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.More than a million people in Alabama.More than a million people in Alabama.??We heard crashing.

 It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. Zutell said.At Rosedale Court. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. 'Answer me. Everything. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Across Georgia. Tuscaloosa. more than 2. were gone.'" Self said.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Mom -- please. Alabama. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. the home of the University of Alabama. Fugate.?? he said.?? he said to the women. the home of the University of Alabama. ??Everything??s gone.?? said Steve Sikes. Others never got out. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. More than 1. a Republican. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. ??Everything??s gone. Everything.Leveled buildings. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.'" Self said.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. you can put the broom down. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. according to The Associated Press. someone is dying. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. the house is gone.

 the home of the University of Alabama.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. Craig Fugate.While Alabama was hit the hardest.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. ??Everything??s gone.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. toward a wooden wreck behind him. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. the president. the president.TUSCALOOSA. the house is gone. 48. 33. he said. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. looking for survivors and called me over and said . you can put the broom down. This college town. Alabama.Mr. Everything.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. clutching their children and family photos. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. Their cars are gone.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. So many bodies. said Robert E. We??re in support."The last thing she said on the phone. someone is dying.Some opened the closet to the open sky. where their roof had been."Now. according to The Associated Press.