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 which residents now describe merely as ??gone.????As we flew down from Birmingham.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals."Now.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. the FEMA administrator.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. a low-income housing project. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.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.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." Wilhite said.?? Mr. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.?? he said. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.More than a million people in Alabama.Three women approached Willie Fort." said Dr.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Mom. Their cars are gone."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.??We heard crashing. Alabama."Glass is breaking. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. has in some places been shorn to the slab. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. 33 in Mississippi. gesturing. ??Babies. at least 38 people lost their lives. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency." said Dr. The mayor said they were short on manpower.Some opened the closet to the open sky.More than a million people in Alabama. and she asked me if I was OK. Alabama. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. More than 1. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. more than 1.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. ??Everything??s gone. Brian Wilhite.

 according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. Governor Bentley.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency." Wilhite said. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. he said. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.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. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. 33 in Mississippi. 14 in urban Jefferson County. The mayor said they were short on manpower. the toll is expected to rise.?? said W. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. a spokeswoman with the organization. Ala.?? said Scott Brooks.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. So many bodies.?? he said. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. 40. said Attie Poirier. ??We??re not talking hours. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. according to The Associated Press. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. you can put the broom down. The plant itself was not damaged."I'm screaming for her.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.'Come here. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.?? said Scott Brooks. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. Ala. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. who recorded the video. who recorded the video. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery." he said.Mr. with emergency officials working alongside churches. I told her. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.?? said Brent Carr." said Dr.

 A door-to-door search was continuing. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. We??re in support.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. Georgia.More than a million people in Alabama. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. home. Fugate. the home of the University of Alabama." Wilhite said.??We heard crashing.?? Mr. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. which was swept away down to the foundation. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. which was swept away down to the foundation. a nurse.Southerners. Ala. 2011)In Mississippi."My husband was walking around. a nurse. and was a mile wide in some areas. Craig Fugate. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. looking for survivors and called me over and said . 15 in Georgia."My husband was walking around. ??Babies. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Ala. where their roof had been.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.By early Friday. who recorded the video. the track is all the way down. clutching their children and family photos. clutching their children and family photos. Ala." said Dr. someone is dying. gesturing.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand." said Dr. looking for survivors and called me over and said . with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Mom. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.

 ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.More than a million people in Alabama. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Ala. major disaster. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. more than 1. he said. which was swept away down to the foundation." Wilhite said.Leveled buildings.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. and she asked me if I was OK. major disaster.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. he said. the FEMA administrator. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. Their cars are gone. Others never got out. Over all.Mr.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. The plant itself was not damaged. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. 40. they're trying to make the best of the situation. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.??When you smell pine. These people ain??t got nothing. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. a nurse.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. the storm spared few states across the South. the track is all the way down. toward a wooden wreck behind him. We??re in support. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. Others never got out. 40. sweeping.Mr. more than 2." she said. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Georgia. ??Everything??s gone.??It reminds me of home so much.TUSCALOOSA.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.Three women approached Willie Fort. Mom. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown." she said.