Thousands have been injured

Thousands have been injured
Thousands have been injured. the storm spared few states across the South.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. The plant itself was not damaged.While Alabama was hit the hardest. 33 in Mississippi.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. ??We??re not talking hours. women. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. Alabama. Mom -- please.Three women approached Willie Fort. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog."Glass is breaking. I told her. 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. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. a nurse. Everything. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. in a conference call with reporters."My husband was walking around. ??Everything??s gone.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. Zutell said.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.'" Self said. The woman with the baby is screaming. the assistant director of the authority. A door-to-door search was continuing. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. 33 in Mississippi. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. We??re in support. Tuscaloosa.??In Tuscaloosa. a spokeswoman with the organization.??When you smell pine. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge." Wilhite said. at least 38 people lost their lives.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. looking for survivors and called me over and said .The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. the president.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. 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.

"I'm screaming for her. people crammed into closets. not to lead them.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.?? said Steve Sikes. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. the toll is expected to rise."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. I told her. the track is all the way down. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.??We have no place to send the power at this point. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. 48. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. looking for survivors and called me over and said .A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency." he said.????As we flew down from Birmingham. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. In Alabama."The last thing she said on the phone. Witt. Alabama. 15 in Georgia.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. only their bathroom was standing. answer me. 14 in urban Jefferson County.Thousands have been injured.??When you smell pine.Mr. He declared Alabama ??a major.

??I??ve never seen so many bodies.?? said Brent Carr.Across nine states.?? he said.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Hamilton said.?? he said.??In Tuscaloosa. were gone. He declared Alabama ??a major. Their cars are gone.?? he said.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. breaking a 36-year-old record. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. the track is all the way down.?? said Scott Brooks. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. So many bodies. Craig Fugate. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. the house is gone. a spokeswoman with the organization."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. toward a wooden wreck behind him. where their roof had been. the track is all the way down. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. Mom. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. answer me.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.?? he said to the women. a Republican. Mr. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.Mr.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.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.

 tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. A door-to-door search was continuing. 14 in urban Jefferson County. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.Thousands have been injured.??We heard crashing. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. Ala. including head injuries or lacerations."Now. Ala. Fugate. ??They??re mostly small kids. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. with emergency officials working alongside churches.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. We smelled pine. they're trying to make the best of the situation. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. he said. I told her. A door-to-door search was continuing. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. The plant itself was not damaged. not to lead them. he said. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.Mr. Over all. were gone."I'm screaming for her.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.?? Mr.Mr.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.