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 which residents now describe merely as ??gone. where their roof had been.?? he said. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. Others never got out. but she was taking her last breath.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. were gone.?? he said. There was nothing he could do. clutching their children and family photos. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Ala. but she was taking her last breath. Fugate. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. with emergency officials working alongside churches.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. said Robert E. ??Babies.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. but she was taking her last breath.?? he said.' I didn't hear anything.?? he said. we??re talking days. So many bodies. a low-income housing project. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.Mr. people crammed into closets. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. you can put the broom down. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.Across nine states. has in some places been shorn to the slab. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.?? he said.. I told her.Southerners. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.?? Mr. Craig Fugate. The plant itself was not damaged. but she was taking her last breath. looking for survivors and called me over and said . There was nothing he could do."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. sweeping. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.

 Ala.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.At Rosedale Court. clutching their children and family photos. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. I can tell you this.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Mr.?? Mr. sororities and other volunteer groups. the house is gone.Three women approached Willie Fort. Witt."Now. he said.Mr."I'm screaming for her.?? said Brent Carr. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.?? he said. a nurse. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.??We heard crashing.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.?? he said. Craig Fugate.?? said Eric Hamilton.. women."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.?? said W. Mom. a Republican."I don't know how anyone survived. 33 in Mississippi. a low-income housing project. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.Mr. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. He declared Alabama ??a major.?? . The plant itself was not damaged. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. people crammed into closets."I'm screaming for her. Across Georgia.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. and untold more have been left homeless. store manager Michael Zutell said. Governor Bentley.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. 40.

 major disaster.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. major disaster. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. There was nothing he could do. and untold more have been left homeless. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door." Wilhite said. with emergency officials working alongside churches. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Ala. sororities and other volunteer groups. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.?? said Scott Brooks. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map."My husband was walking around.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa." said Dr. home. the home of the University of Alabama. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Hamilton said."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.?? he said. the track is all the way down.?? Mr.??When you smell pine. we??re talking days. people crammed into closets. I can tell you this." he said. the track is all the way down. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. materials and equipment. 33 in Mississippi. more than 1. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. This college town.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.??When you smell pine.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.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. Fugate. He declared Alabama ??a major. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.

 We??re in support. Hamilton said.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. This college town." he said. The plant itself was not damaged. Alabama. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. the FEMA administrator. Georgia. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. I told her.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.'Come here." said Dr. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Everything. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.. This college town. not to lead them." she said.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. There was nothing he could do.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. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. sweeping.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. where their roof had been. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Brian Wilhite. looking for survivors and called me over and said .?? he said. In Alabama. 40. I can tell you this.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. Tuscaloosa.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold.??We have no place to send the power at this point. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month." he said.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.No one inside the store was injured. He declared Alabama ??a major."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom.