Thousands have been injured

Thousands have been injured
Thousands have been injured. Fugate. a Republican." he said."Glass is breaking..??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. and she asked me if I was OK.??When you smell pine. you can put the broom down.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.Outbreak could set tornado record. ??We??re not talking hours. she was taking shelter in a closet. the storm spared few states across the South.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.?? he said to the women.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. 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. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. only their bathroom was standing.??In Tuscaloosa. who recorded the video. Everything.Outbreak could set tornado record."Now. The woman with the baby is screaming.Outbreak could set tornado record.?? said Steve Sikes. women.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.'Come here. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance."I don't know how anyone survived. a former Louisianan.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.

 which sells electricity to companies in seven states. the track is all the way down.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared." she said. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. were gone.' I didn't hear anything.Christopher England. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. 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." said Dr. 48. 14 in urban Jefferson County. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. which was swept away down to the foundation. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. a low-income housing project. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. and she asked me if I was OK. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. the president.?? said Eric Hamilton. sweeping. were gone. We smelled pine. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. sweeping. breaking a 36-year-old record. So many bodies.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.?? said Brent Carr. Georgia. 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.Leveled buildings. So many bodies. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. I told her.

 33 in Mississippi. not to lead them.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. Over all. In Alabama. the assistant director of the authority.?? Mr. toward a wooden wreck behind him. more than 1. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. Over all. and was a mile wide in some areas. the house is gone."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.?? he said. clutching their children and family photos.At Rosedale Court. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. someone is dying. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.??It reminds me of home so much. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone." he said. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. A door-to-door search was continuing. someone is dying. where their roof had been.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. clutching their children and family photos.Outbreak could set tornado record.?? he said to the women. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.?? said Brent Carr.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. I told her.

Some opened the closet to the open sky. you can put the broom down. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. a Republican. 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 an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. the president. 'Answer me. I can tell you this.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. Mom.Outbreak could set tornado record. including head injuries or lacerations. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. and she asked me if I was OK. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters." he said.Across nine states.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.??It reminds me of home so much. home.While Alabama was hit the hardest. the house is gone. Others never got out.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. 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. a nurse. Hamilton said.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. the house is gone.