Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa

Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa
Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.Thousands have been injured.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. you can put the broom down. has in some places been shorn to the slab. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. not to lead them. people crammed into closets. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. including head injuries or lacerations.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.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.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. Over all. 'Mom. In Alabama. After the tornado passed.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.Outbreak could set tornado record. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. In Alabama. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. A door-to-door search was continuing. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. the toll is expected to rise. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. the FEMA administrator. Most of the buildings in Smithville."My husband was walking around.Mr.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. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals." she said.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. the house is gone. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.

View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. said Robert E. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. we??re talking days. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. according to The Associated Press.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. a nurse. who recorded the video. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. women. home. people crammed into closets." he said. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. 'Mom. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.?? Mr. the house is gone. These people ain??t got nothing.??We heard crashing. you can put the broom down.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. These people ain??t got nothing. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.?? he said to the women. the home of the University of Alabama."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Mr.?? said Scott Brooks." he said. store manager Michael Zutell said. which sells electricity to companies in seven states."Glass is breaking. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.By early Friday.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29." he said. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.

 "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.?? he said. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. Mom. 'Mom.?? he said to the women.While Alabama was hit the hardest.?? said Steve Sikes. I told her. a nurse.Some opened the closet to the open sky."The last thing she said on the phone. sweeping.?? he said. and was a mile wide in some areas. Ala."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.??In Tuscaloosa.Across nine states." Wilhite said.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. sweeping. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.Mr.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.." he said. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. ??Everything??s gone. Most of the buildings in Smithville."My husband was walking around. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. He declared Alabama ??a major."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.Gov.?? said Eric Hamilton.

Mr. Georgia. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. she was taking shelter in a closet.Across nine states.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. the assistant director of the authority.More than a million people in Alabama. Witt.Gov.Some opened the closet to the open sky. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Tuscaloosa. Ala. ??They??re mostly small kids.Outbreak could set tornado record. including head injuries or lacerations. has in some places been shorn to the slab.?? Mr. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.?? said W.No one inside the store was injured.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.Outbreak could set tornado record."My husband was walking around. 2011)In Mississippi. major disaster. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power." said Dr. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. He declared Alabama ??a major. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Ala.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.?? he said. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Ala. This college town. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. We??re in support. Everything.?? he said to the women.