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 a low-income housing project."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. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.??We have no place to send the power at this point. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down." he said."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. sweeping. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Alabama. Others never got out. has in some places been shorn to the slab. were gone. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone."Now. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.?? Mr. answer me. 33. the FEMA administrator. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. but she was taking her last breath." he said. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. in a conference call with reporters. ??We??re not talking hours.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. Mr. Governor Bentley. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. but she was taking her last breath. the home of the University of Alabama. has in some places been shorn to the slab.More than a million people in Alabama. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them." he said. More than 1." he said.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.Christopher England. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. toward a wooden wreck behind him. 33 in Mississippi.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.

 40. Their cars are gone. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. 33. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. the toll is expected to rise. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month."The last thing she said on the phone.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. A door-to-door search was continuing. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. the toll is expected to rise.?? he said."I don't know how anyone survived. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month."Glass is breaking. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.?? .A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit."Glass is breaking. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. The plant itself was not damaged. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. the toll is expected to rise. Fugate."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.Gov.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her."Now.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. the track is all the way down. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. So many bodies. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. not to lead them. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. We smelled pine. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.?? he said to the women.?? Mr. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. sweeping.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. a former Louisianan. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. more than 1. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.

 He declared Alabama ??a major. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. the track is all the way down. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. Fort urged patience. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. gesturing. and was a mile wide in some areas. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.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. 48. said Robert E.?? he said. He declared Alabama ??a major. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. answer me.Leveled buildings.?? he said."Now. Hamilton said.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Ala. More than 1.Christopher England. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.TUSCALOOSA.?? he said.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.More than a million people in Alabama. 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. I can tell you this.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. the FEMA administrator. more than 2.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.??We have no place to send the power at this point. In Alabama.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. The plant itself was not damaged. 40.Some opened the closet to the open sky. home. the assistant director of the authority. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. In Alabama. I told her. materials and equipment. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.