The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central

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 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. he said. materials and equipment. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. I told her.??In Tuscaloosa. including head injuries or lacerations." he said. Most of the buildings in Smithville."The last thing she said on the phone. sweeping. There was nothing he could do. Their cars are gone. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. more than 2. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Others never got out. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. the storm spared few states across the South.Gov. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. at least 38 people lost their lives.??We have no place to send the power at this point.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.No one inside the store was injured. at least 38 people lost their lives. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.Gov. major disaster.?? said Brent Carr. Mom -- please.

TUSCALOOSA. said Attie Poirier."The last thing she said on the phone. There was nothing he could do. she was taking shelter in a closet.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business."Now. Across Georgia.?? said Scott Brooks."Glass is breaking."The last thing she said on the phone..??It looks to be pretty much devastated.?? said W. Dazed residents wandered the streets. ??Babies.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. a former Louisianan. So many bodies. people crammed into closets. has in some places been shorn to the slab. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. which was swept away down to the foundation. clutching their children and family photos.?? . or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. materials and equipment.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. and was a mile wide in some areas. the track is all the way down. someone is dying. ??They??re mostly small kids. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. a low-income housing project. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. which residents now describe merely as ??gone."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.

?? said Brent Carr. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. Fort urged patience. said Attie Poirier. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. Fort urged patience. Zutell said.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. more than 2. the home of the University of Alabama. ??Babies. he said. Most of the buildings in Smithville. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.?? he said to the women. We smelled pine. breaking a 36-year-old record. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. more than 2. gesturing.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Mom -- please.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado."The last thing she said on the phone. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. In Alabama. Witt." she said. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge..?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives."My husband was walking around.TUSCALOOSA. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.

?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson."My husband was walking around. Ala. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. Tuscaloosa.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. who recorded the video. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. store manager Michael Zutell said. ??Babies. the FEMA administrator.' I didn't hear anything.. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. and was a mile wide in some areas."My husband was walking around. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.?? Mr. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. gesturing. and untold more have been left homeless. 'Mom.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. After the tornado passed. looking for survivors and called me over and said . he said. in a conference call with reporters. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.Mr. Alabama."Glass is breaking.??We have no place to send the power at this point. Most of the buildings in Smithville. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.