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" Wilhite said. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Their cars are gone.?? said W. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. at least 38 people lost their lives. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. including head injuries or lacerations. So many bodies.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. In Alabama.'" Self said. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. which has a population of less than 800. 48.??When you smell pine. sororities and other volunteer groups.Christopher England. Over all. materials and equipment. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. We smelled pine. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. 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. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. The woman with the baby is screaming.TUSCALOOSA. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.Across nine states.

Hamilton said.Christopher England. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.?? he said to the women.?? Mr. Ala. a nurse. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.?? Mr. the assistant director of the authority. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Alabama??s governor is in charge.' I didn't hear anything.??We have no place to send the power at this point. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Fugate.Mr. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.?? Mr. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. a low-income housing project. and was a mile wide in some areas.Outbreak could set tornado record. The mayor said they were short on manpower. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. These people ain??t got nothing.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. sweeping. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.?? he said.

"The last thing she said on the phone.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.?? . Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Alabama. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.TUSCALOOSA. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.????As we flew down from Birmingham. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.?? Mr. Craig Fugate."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. a former Louisianan. I told her. Brian Wilhite.No one inside the store was injured.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. more than 2. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month."I don't know how anyone survived. the track is all the way down." he said.Southerners. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.

Thousands have been injured. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Mom.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. 'Mom. answer me. only their bathroom was standing. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.TUSCALOOSA.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. Dazed residents wandered the streets. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. Others never got out. Others never got out. major disaster.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. Everything. Governor Bentley." Wilhite said. Craig Fugate.Southerners. Alabama.TUSCALOOSA.?? said Scott Brooks.?? said Brent Carr. a spokeswoman with the organization. said Attie Poirier."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.'" Self said. by way of a conclusion. 33.