680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters

680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters
680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. Georgia. Fugate.??When you smell pine. Their cars are gone. more than 1." he said. the president. by way of a conclusion. who recorded the video. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. has in some places been shorn to the slab. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.?? said Brent Carr. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. home. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. ??Everything??s gone.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. the FEMA administrator.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her." she said. ??Babies. Zutell said. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. The woman with the baby is screaming. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.??In Tuscaloosa. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. and untold more have been left homeless. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. a nurse.??When you smell pine. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. Brian Wilhite.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. I can tell you this. Fugate. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. More than 1.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. Brian Wilhite. Ala. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. and was a mile wide in some areas. These people ain??t got nothing..

 33.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. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. at least 38 people lost their lives."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. home."Now. gesturing. 48.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. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. he said. toward a wooden wreck behind him. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. were gone. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours." Wilhite said."I don't know how anyone survived. the home of the University of Alabama."The last thing she said on the phone. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. and untold more have been left homeless. people crammed into closets. After the tornado passed. 'Answer me. toward a wooden wreck behind him.' I didn't hear anything. more than 1. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.Mr. a low-income housing project. 48. which was swept away down to the foundation. Mr.' I didn't hear anything. gesturing. gesturing. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. they're trying to make the best of the situation. Over all. So many bodies. The woman with the baby is screaming."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. were gone. she was taking shelter in a closet. 40. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. the track is all the way down.. breaking a 36-year-old record. clutching their children and family photos. 33 in Mississippi.

 Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. the house is gone. they're trying to make the best of the situation. 2011)In Mississippi.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. has in some places been shorn to the slab.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Craig Fugate. only their bathroom was standing. Fort urged patience. Tuscaloosa. Others never got out. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house."The last thing she said on the phone. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. Dazed residents wandered the streets. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. We??re in support.?? he said to the women. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. ??Babies. which has a population of less than 800.. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Mom -- please. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. and untold more have been left homeless. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. store manager Michael Zutell said. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. ??They??re mostly small kids.Mr. 15 in Georgia. and untold more have been left homeless.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. women. a former Louisianan. the house is gone.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Georgia. Fugate. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.Outbreak could set tornado record. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. we??re talking days." she said." said Dr.More than a million people in Alabama.

 Over all. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. home. but she was taking her last breath. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.' I didn't hear anything. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. and she asked me if I was OK. the storm spared few states across the South.Across nine states. More than 1.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. breaking a 36-year-old record. Most of the buildings in Smithville. After the tornado passed.?? he said."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.?? said W. ??We??re not talking hours. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.No one inside the store was injured. Everything.Mr.?? he said.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Everything. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. not to lead them. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.More than a million people in Alabama. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. including head injuries or lacerations. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Fugate.?? he said. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Everything. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. Fort urged patience. in a conference call with reporters." he said. the storm spared few states across the South."The last thing she said on the phone. Others never got out. So many bodies.'" Self said. materials and equipment. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded."The last thing she said on the phone. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours."My husband was walking around.