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?? Mr.No one inside the store was injured." she said.?? he said.Thousands have been injured.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. the home of the University of Alabama. women."The last thing she said on the phone. ??We??re not talking hours. 48. ??Babies. ??They??re mostly small kids. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.. has in some places been shorn to the slab. We smelled pine. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. sororities and other volunteer groups.More than a million people in Alabama.Mr."I don't know how anyone survived. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. looking for survivors and called me over and said . he said. toward a wooden wreck behind him. This college town. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. Ala.By early Friday.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.

 more than 1. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. she was taking shelter in a closet. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. clutching their children and family photos. Brian Wilhite. with emergency officials working alongside churches." he said. Dazed residents wandered the streets.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.??It reminds me of home so much.. sororities and other volunteer groups. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. home.Across nine states. 40.??In Tuscaloosa.Gov. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. the storm spared few states across the South. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. women. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Most of the buildings in Smithville. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. someone is dying. Alabama??s governor is in charge."I don't know how anyone survived. at least 38 people lost their lives. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Alabama??s governor is in charge. and she asked me if I was OK. In Alabama.

 not to lead them.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Hamilton said. So many bodies. he said. a former Louisianan. 33."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. major disaster. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. I can tell you this. Craig Fugate. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. where their roof had been.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. 'Mom.' I didn't hear anything. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.. Fort urged patience. sweeping.?? he said to the women. the FEMA administrator. Georgia.??We have no place to send the power at this point. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. at least 38 people lost their lives. clutching their children and family photos.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. 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. ??Everything??s gone.. people crammed into closets."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. So many bodies.

 ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. people crammed into closets. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.At Rosedale Court." he said.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.Christopher England.?? he said. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. and was a mile wide in some areas. the president. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.' I didn't hear anything. Fort urged patience. We??re in support. So many bodies.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. 'Mom.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles." she said.By early Friday. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Alabama??s governor is in charge. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. the president.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. A door-to-door search was continuing.While Alabama was hit the hardest. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.