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??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. Mom -- please."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. 14 in urban Jefferson County. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks."I don't know how anyone survived."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. were gone.TUSCALOOSA. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Everything. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Mr.' I didn't hear anything. Mom -- please. More than 1. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.?? Mr.Three women approached Willie Fort.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. which has a population of less than 800. they're trying to make the best of the situation. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.An enormous response operation was under way across the South."The last thing she said on the phone. the assistant director of the authority. ??They??re mostly small kids. After the tornado passed."Glass is breaking. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.An enormous response operation was under way across the South."Now. sororities and other volunteer groups. in a conference call with reporters. breaking a 36-year-old record. where their roof had been. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.?? said Steve Sikes.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.TUSCALOOSA. who recorded the video. sweeping. breaking a 36-year-old record."Now. I told her. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.'" Self said. which was swept away down to the foundation. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. a nurse. So many bodies.

Across nine states. including head injuries or lacerations.Thousands have been injured.?? Mr. which was swept away down to the foundation. at least 38 people lost their lives. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. in a conference call with reporters. So many bodies. and untold more have been left homeless. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.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 reminds me of home so much.. including head injuries or lacerations. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year." he said.'Come here. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.Outbreak could set tornado record. not to lead them. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.Leveled buildings. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. We smelled pine. he said. We smelled pine.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters." Wilhite said. This college town. the house is gone." she said."I don't know how anyone survived.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. where their roof had been. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. breaking a 36-year-old record.?? Mr. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. 48.Christopher England.' I didn't hear anything. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.?? he said to the women.No one inside the store was injured.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. home.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.

 has in some places been shorn to the slab. In Alabama. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. which has a population of less than 800. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. has in some places been shorn to the slab.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. sweeping."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. clutching their children and family photos. Others never got out.??It reminds me of home so much. A door-to-door search was continuing."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. said Robert E."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. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Ala. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.Leveled buildings. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. These people ain??t got nothing.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city." she said. Alabama."I don't know how anyone survived.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. and she asked me if I was OK. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. not to lead them.Outbreak could set tornado record. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.Across nine states.At Rosedale Court. you can put the broom down. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville."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. by way of a conclusion. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. they're trying to make the best of the situation. they're trying to make the best of the situation. Hamilton said.

TUSCALOOSA. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. Ala. they're trying to make the best of the situation.?? said Eric Hamilton.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29."I don't know how anyone survived. Mom. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. More than 1. which was swept away down to the foundation.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. sweeping. ??Babies. We??re in support. After the tornado passed. sweeping.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. So many bodies. including head injuries or lacerations.?? he said. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. We??re in support. who recorded the video. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. Witt."I'm screaming for her. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. 33 in Mississippi.?? he said to the women. at least 38 people lost their lives. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.'Come here. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. a nurse.TUSCALOOSA.?? he said.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. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.????As we flew down from Birmingham. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. 14 in urban Jefferson County. more than 1. There was nothing he could do. Brian Wilhite.?? said Steve Sikes. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month." he said. with emergency officials working alongside churches.Mr.??When you smell pine.