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 Ala. Fort urged patience.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Fort urged patience. and was a mile wide in some areas.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. said Robert E. the house is gone. ??Everything??s gone. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded."The last thing she said on the phone. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. looking for survivors and called me over and said . This college town. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. Ala.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. The plant itself was not damaged.?? said Brent Carr.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. at least 38 people lost their lives. we??re talking days."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.??It reminds me of home so much.??We have no place to send the power at this point.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.' I didn't hear anything.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.TUSCALOOSA. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. 33 in Mississippi. the house is gone." said Dr.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. at least 38 people lost their lives. materials and equipment. Craig Fugate. In Alabama.????As we flew down from Birmingham. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. Ala.Christopher England. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.More than a million people in Alabama.

 many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. the toll is expected to rise.TUSCALOOSA. home. where their roof had been. the FEMA administrator. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.Across nine states."My husband was walking around. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. Everything." he said. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. women. More than 1.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. Across Georgia. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. he said." Wilhite said. ??Babies. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. major disaster. we??re talking days." he said. I can tell you this." he said."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. I told her. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map."Now."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. So many bodies. So many bodies. Tuscaloosa. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. who recorded the video. gesturing."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.

 home. Over all.??It reminds me of home so much. a Republican. were gone. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. not to lead them. We smelled pine. gesturing."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Everything. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.At Rosedale Court.?? . The mayor said they were short on manpower. he said. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. according to The Associated Press. a former Louisianan. The mayor said they were short on manpower. After the tornado passed. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.??When you smell pine. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.?? . which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. Alabama. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.Across nine states. These people ain??t got nothing. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. ??They??re mostly small kids. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. Hamilton said.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.. Georgia. the FEMA administrator. So many bodies.Outbreak could set tornado record. He declared Alabama ??a major.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.

 a spokeswoman with the organization. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. clutching their children and family photos. Hamilton said. 14 in urban Jefferson County. a nurse. store manager Michael Zutell said. Brian Wilhite. a former Louisianan. at least 38 people lost their lives. the storm spared few states across the South. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.??In Tuscaloosa. looking for survivors and called me over and said . large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. the storm spared few states across the South. in a conference call with reporters. Craig Fugate. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him.While Alabama was hit the hardest. 15 in Georgia. the toll is expected to rise. 2011)In Mississippi. 15 in Georgia. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. So many bodies. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.??We have no place to send the power at this point. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. we??re talking days. said Attie Poirier. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. 2011)In Mississippi."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.Mr. 48.Three women approached Willie Fort. which was swept away down to the foundation. the toll is expected to rise.??When you smell pine.?? said Steve Sikes.