a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority

a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority
a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. Fugate. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. sororities and other volunteer groups. 40. only their bathroom was standing. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. the assistant director of the authority. Across Georgia. Dazed residents wandered the streets. There was nothing he could do. answer me. a former Louisianan. not to lead them.?? he said.?? said Eric Hamilton.?? Mr. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. 'Answer me. Hamilton said. the assistant director of the authority. sororities and other volunteer groups.????As we flew down from Birmingham. looking for survivors and called me over and said ."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. After the tornado passed. someone is dying. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.?? ." he said. a Republican. In Alabama. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator." he said. with emergency officials working alongside churches. ??Babies. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. has in some places been shorn to the slab. Dazed residents wandered the streets. home.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. Others never got out. Dazed residents wandered the streets. sororities and other volunteer groups.TUSCALOOSA.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. but she was taking her last breath. not to lead them. according to The Associated Press. 33. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.

The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared."I'm screaming for her. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. 33 in Mississippi. major disaster. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.Mr. Craig Fugate. has in some places been shorn to the slab. We smelled pine. Tuscaloosa. There was nothing he could do. but she was taking her last breath.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. This college town. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. 33 in Mississippi. 2011)In Mississippi. Others never got out. 33 in Mississippi.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.Mr. store manager Michael Zutell said. 33 in Mississippi. the toll is expected to rise. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.Mr."Glass is breaking."The last thing she said on the phone. Fugate. 'Mom.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors."I'm screaming for her."The last thing she said on the phone. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. a former Louisianan.Mr. Hamilton said. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. and she asked me if I was OK. in a conference call with reporters.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Alabama.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.Mr. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.' I didn't hear anything.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."The last thing she said on the phone. 14 in urban Jefferson County.

??When you smell pine. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. clutching their children and family photos. 'Answer me.?? said Brent Carr.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.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. Tuscaloosa." he said. Others never got out.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. only their bathroom was standing. More than 1."Now. Fort urged patience.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. with emergency officials working alongside churches.?? said W.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. and untold more have been left homeless.More than a million people in Alabama.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. which has a population of less than 800. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. she was taking shelter in a closet. Across Georgia. I told her.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. 'Answer me. Mom -- please. ??Everything??s gone. major disaster.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. store manager Michael Zutell said.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.By early Friday. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.While Alabama was hit the hardest. the assistant director of the authority. he said.?? said Eric Hamilton. a nurse. I told her. Fugate.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab." he said. Dazed residents wandered the streets. the FEMA administrator. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. gesturing. These people ain??t got nothing. more than 1.

Mr.TUSCALOOSA. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. sweeping. the home of the University of Alabama. store manager Michael Zutell said. a former Louisianan. more than 1. he said. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Dazed residents wandered the streets. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. she was taking shelter in a closet. a low-income housing project. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. Ala. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.?? he said.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. Fort urged patience. Tuscaloosa. clutching their children and family photos. Their cars are gone. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.Some opened the closet to the open sky. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge."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. but she was taking her last breath. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.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.Christopher England. There was nothing he could do. a spokeswoman with the organization. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Mr. Ala. a spokeswoman with the organization. We smelled pine. looking for survivors and called me over and said .Southerners. were gone. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.'Come here.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.?? said Brent Carr. Tuscaloosa. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.Mr. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.