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 Their cars are gone
 Their cars are gone.Mr. Fugate. the FEMA administrator. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. Hamilton said."I don't know how anyone survived. 15 in Georgia.?? he said.?? said Scott Brooks. and was a mile wide in some areas. with emergency officials working alongside churches. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.?? he said. which has a population of less than 800. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky."I don't know how anyone survived. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. were gone.Three women approached Willie Fort.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.?? said Brent Carr. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Ala. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. and was a mile wide in some areas. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.. the FEMA administrator.'Come here.??In Tuscaloosa. 33 in Mississippi. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. Everything. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. people crammed into closets. These people ain??t got nothing. including head injuries or lacerations."The last thing she said on the phone.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. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. Over all. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.

??It reminds me of home so much. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.At Rosedale Court. they're trying to make the best of the situation." Wilhite said. Their cars are gone. We??re in support."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. you can put the broom down. Fugate. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Mom. more than 1. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. After the tornado passed. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.An enormous response operation was under way across the South."I'm screaming for her. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. has in some places been shorn to the slab. store manager Michael Zutell said. 40. you can put the broom down. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. I told her. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. Over all. looking for survivors and called me over and said . Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. and untold more have been left homeless. 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. more than 1." said Dr. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. Over all. where their roof had been. not to lead them.?? he said. ??Everything??s gone.

 The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. This college town. including head injuries or lacerations. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.?? he said. Tuscaloosa. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. The mayor said they were short on manpower.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Dazed residents wandered the streets. someone is dying. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.?? said W.?? he said. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. who recorded the video." he said. you can put the broom down. the home of the University of Alabama. 2011)In Mississippi.At Rosedale Court. Dazed residents wandered the streets. He declared Alabama ??a major. the house is gone. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.No one inside the store was injured. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Dazed residents wandered the streets." he said. These people ain??t got nothing. 33 in Mississippi. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. looking for survivors and called me over and said . The plant itself was not damaged. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.?? he said to the women."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.'Come here.

 ??We??re not talking hours. Their cars are gone. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. and was a mile wide in some areas. I can tell you this. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. 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.?? said Steve Sikes. only their bathroom was standing.??When you smell pine. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. store manager Michael Zutell said.'Come here. a low-income housing project. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.At Rosedale Court. The plant itself was not damaged. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. In Alabama. not to lead them. So many bodies.??In Tuscaloosa. a spokeswoman with the organization. 2011)In Mississippi.No one inside the store was injured. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.?? said Brent Carr. said Attie Poirier. only their bathroom was standing. 33 in Mississippi. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. we??re talking days.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. The mayor said they were short on manpower.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.