who have had to learn the drill all too well this month

 who have had to learn the drill all too well this month
 who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Everything. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.??We have no place to send the power at this point. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.By early Friday.'" Self said. Craig Fugate. who recorded the video.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.Thousands have been injured. home.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Mom -- please.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. women.Thousands have been injured. you can put the broom down. Mom. more than 1.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.More than a million people in Alabama. the home of the University of Alabama."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. they're trying to make the best of the situation.Thousands have been injured. Alabama??s governor is in charge. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. clutching their children and family photos. the toll is expected to rise.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. according to The Associated Press."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. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. After the tornado passed. Zutell said. more than 2. In Alabama. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.????As we flew down from Birmingham. store manager Michael Zutell said. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Dazed residents wandered the streets. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance.

Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. looking for survivors and called me over and said ."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.Mr. After the tornado passed."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Ala. the track is all the way down.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Georgia." Wilhite said. looking for survivors and called me over and said . the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.??It reminds me of home so much. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door."I'm screaming for her."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. We??re in support.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. looking for survivors and called me over and said . gesturing. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. has in some places been shorn to the slab. 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. materials and equipment. the president. 40. In Alabama. not to lead them. I can tell you this. ??Babies. Others never got out. Mom -- please. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. the FEMA administrator. Georgia.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. In Alabama. where their roof had been. clutching their children and family photos."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. Ala. a spokeswoman with the organization. Alabama??s governor is in charge. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.'" Self said. they're trying to make the best of the situation.

 they're trying to make the best of the situation. you can put the broom down. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery."Now. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville."I'm screaming for her."My husband was walking around.000 National Guard troops have been deployed."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.More than a million people in Alabama." he said. So many bodies."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.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on..Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.?? Mr. Fugate.?? said W. sweeping. We smelled pine. he said. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. the track is all the way down. More than 1."Now. Mom -- please. 40.??In Tuscaloosa. who recorded the video.TUSCALOOSA.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon." Wilhite said. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Brian Wilhite. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. major disaster.??When you smell pine. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. including head injuries or lacerations.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.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. I told her. 14 in urban Jefferson County.?? he said.?? said Scott Brooks. The plant itself was not damaged. where their roof had been.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. Witt. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. more than 2. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. gesturing.

Mr. Their cars are gone.Southerners.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. he said. 48. we??re talking days. Alabama. Hamilton said. Their cars are gone. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. Mom.?? said Eric Hamilton.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. a Republican." he said.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. looking for survivors and called me over and said .Mr. by way of a conclusion." he said.??We have no place to send the power at this point." he said. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.?? said W. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.Mr. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. major disaster. 14 in urban Jefferson County. More than 1. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. Alabama. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.Mr. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. I can tell you this.TUSCALOOSA. The mayor said they were short on manpower.Mr.. with emergency officials working alongside churches. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.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. we??re talking days. only their bathroom was standing. with emergency officials working alongside churches. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state."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.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.?? . said the tornado looked like a movie scene. major disaster.Southerners.