The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared

The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared
The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Craig Fugate. breaking a 36-year-old record. a Republican.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. A door-to-door search was continuing.??We heard crashing. 15 in Georgia.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.Thousands have been injured. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.Mr. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery." Wilhite said. After the tornado passed.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. 15 in Georgia. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Hamilton said. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. 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. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. 33. according to The Associated Press."My husband was walking around.Leveled buildings.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. sororities and other volunteer groups."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. 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.

 has in some places been shorn to the slab. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. women. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. the house is gone. Over all. we??re talking days. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.?? said Brent Carr. Alabama.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.??It reminds me of home so much.?? said Scott Brooks. Mr. 33.. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.?? Mr. not to lead them. We??re in support. he said.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.?? ."Now. more than 1.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. store manager Michael Zutell said. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. store manager Michael Zutell said."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. where their roof had been." he said. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.Some opened the closet to the open sky. in a conference call with reporters. looking for survivors and called me over and said . she was taking shelter in a closet.

 but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials." he said.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house." said Dr. breaking a 36-year-old record. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. according to The Associated Press. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. looking for survivors and called me over and said . More than 1." he said. 'Mom.More than a million people in Alabama. 33.?? he said to the women. a spokeswoman with the organization. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. people crammed into closets."The last thing she said on the phone. who recorded the video. These people ain??t got nothing. people crammed into closets. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. including head injuries or lacerations. Hamilton said.Gov."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.??In Tuscaloosa."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital."I don't know how anyone survived.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Dazed residents wandered the streets. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. Fort urged patience.

.??When you smell pine. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. said the tornado looked like a movie scene."My husband was walking around.. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. 'Mom. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. 2011)In Mississippi.Thousands have been injured. ??They??re mostly small kids. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. Witt. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.??We have no place to send the power at this point. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. major disaster. at least 38 people lost their lives." he said.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.Outbreak could set tornado record.' I didn't hear anything. the assistant director of the authority. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.??We have no place to send the power at this point. Tuscaloosa. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Mr. the toll is expected to rise.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. Mom -- please. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. In Alabama."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.