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 ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door
 ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. This college town.??We heard crashing. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. but she was taking her last breath.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. you can put the broom down. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge." Wilhite said.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. in a conference call with reporters. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Others never got out. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. Craig Fugate. someone is dying.No one inside the store was injured."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. A door-to-door search was continuing.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.?? said Scott Brooks.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. Witt. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. toward a wooden wreck behind him. We smelled pine.'" Self said.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. said Robert E.??When you smell pine.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. she was taking shelter in a closet. We??re in support. ??They??re mostly small kids. with emergency officials working alongside churches.?? said W. Over all. the toll is expected to rise. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Brian Wilhite. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives."My husband was walking around. more than 2. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. a former Louisianan. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Alabama.Some opened the closet to the open sky. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Alabama??s governor is in charge. sororities and other volunteer groups. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.

 only their bathroom was standing.Mr. women. He declared Alabama ??a major.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.??We heard crashing. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. the FEMA administrator. Mom -- please. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. materials and equipment.By early Friday.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.?? Mr. he said. The plant itself was not damaged. and untold more have been left homeless. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. and untold more have been left homeless. I told her. and was a mile wide in some areas. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.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 can tell you this. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Brian Wilhite. said Attie Poirier."Glass is breaking. 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. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. sweeping. which has a population of less than 800.Christopher England. This college town.No one inside the store was injured.By early Friday.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.?? said W.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.??We have no place to send the power at this point." he said. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. not to lead them."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.Mr. 14 in urban Jefferson County.

 people crammed into closets. home. the storm spared few states across the South. a low-income housing project.??In Tuscaloosa. clutching their children and family photos.?? he said. clutching their children and family photos. Hamilton said. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. sororities and other volunteer groups.?? said Scott Brooks.??We have no place to send the power at this point. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.Thousands have been injured. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. In Alabama. Alabama??s governor is in charge.While Alabama was hit the hardest.Gov. and she asked me if I was OK. Alabama??s governor is in charge. the storm spared few states across the South. and she asked me if I was OK. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. where their roof had been.?? he said to the women. Everything.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. a former Louisianan."I'm screaming for her. ??Everything??s gone."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged."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. people crammed into closets. breaking a 36-year-old record. materials and equipment. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.?? . ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door."My husband was walking around. the track is all the way down.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.Mr.Leveled buildings. Ala. according to The Associated Press. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance.Gov.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.?? . Most of the buildings in Smithville.

 experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. she was taking shelter in a closet.Across nine states. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. 2011)In Mississippi. Brian Wilhite. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. the FEMA administrator." he said. Alabama.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.Across nine states.Three women approached Willie Fort. Tuscaloosa. ??Everything??s gone.Mr. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.More than a million people in Alabama. where their roof had been.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. which has a population of less than 800. not to lead them. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. Mom -- please. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. Witt.????As we flew down from Birmingham. gesturing. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. I can tell you this. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. the toll is expected to rise. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Ala. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. We??re in support.??When you smell pine. There was nothing he could do. the assistant director of the authority. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. Brian Wilhite. Across Georgia. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. ??Everything??s gone. toward a wooden wreck behind him.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. major disaster.'" Self said.?? said Brent Carr. were gone.