In the city of Tuscaloosa alone

 In the city of Tuscaloosa alone
 In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. by way of a conclusion.?? he said.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. you can put the broom down. looking for survivors and called me over and said . and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.. Craig Fugate. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.?? . 33. So many bodies. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. materials and equipment.Across nine states.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. looking for survivors and called me over and said . by way of a conclusion.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. After the tornado passed. said Attie Poirier. the storm spared few states across the South. and was a mile wide in some areas.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.??It reminds me of home so much. the FEMA administrator. 33. A door-to-door search was continuing."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. In Alabama. In Alabama.Leveled buildings.??It reminds me of home so much. a nurse. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.??We heard crashing. Their cars are gone. This college town. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. major disaster. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.

 At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.No one inside the store was injured. He declared Alabama ??a major. The mayor said they were short on manpower.Southerners. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. toward a wooden wreck behind him. the assistant director of the authority. and was a mile wide in some areas. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. Over all. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. Zutell said."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. the assistant director of the authority. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. and was a mile wide in some areas.?? . At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.Gov. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Everything. has in some places been shorn to the slab.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. more than 1. at least 38 people lost their lives. He declared Alabama ??a major.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. materials and equipment. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. ??We??re not talking hours. He declared Alabama ??a major. you can put the broom down."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Tuscaloosa. he said. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. someone is dying.

??It looks to be pretty much devastated." Wilhite said. Fugate. I told her. the storm spared few states across the South. we??re talking days.?? said Brent Carr."My husband was walking around. 14 in urban Jefferson County. gesturing. Craig Fugate.By early Friday. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. In Alabama. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region." he said. major disaster.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. the storm spared few states across the South.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. only their bathroom was standing. Mom -- please. has in some places been shorn to the slab. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.At Rosedale Court. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.?? Mr. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. 14 in urban Jefferson County.????As we flew down from Birmingham.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. and was a mile wide in some areas. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. Others never got out.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. ??Everything??s gone. but she was taking her last breath. Alabama. Alabama." said Dr. said Robert E.

 store manager Michael Zutell said."I don't know how anyone survived. These people ain??t got nothing. I told her. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??We heard crashing."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. ??Everything??s gone.Mr.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.??It reminds me of home so much..?? Mr. people crammed into closets. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. Alabama. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop." he 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.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. answer me. we??re talking days. we??re talking days.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Their cars are gone. we??re talking days. she was taking shelter in a closet.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. Alabama??s governor is in charge. said Robert E. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. said Attie Poirier.?? .000 National Guard troops have been deployed. The woman with the baby is screaming. where their roof had been. the house is gone. the track is all the way down. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. More than 1. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. Fort urged patience.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.