with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi

 with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi
 with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Everything.Three women approached Willie Fort."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. The woman with the baby is screaming.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. Fort urged patience. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.?? said Eric Hamilton. the house is gone. Craig Fugate. The mayor said they were short on manpower. store manager Michael Zutell said.' I didn't hear anything. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. These people ain??t got nothing. Most of the buildings in Smithville. she was taking shelter in a closet. 33 in Mississippi. where their roof had been. I told her. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door." he said. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. Mom. clutching their children and family photos. ??Babies. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. He declared Alabama ??a major.At Rosedale Court."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. and was a mile wide in some areas. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. The plant itself was not damaged.

 breaking a 36-year-old record.. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. He declared Alabama ??a major.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.?? said Eric Hamilton. More than 1. in a conference call with reporters. looking for survivors and called me over and said . more than 2. in a conference call with reporters. who recorded the video." he said. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. a low-income housing project. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand.?? said Eric Hamilton. sweeping. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. the FEMA administrator. 48.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. someone is dying. 15 in Georgia. Mom -- please. Most of the buildings in Smithville. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. I told her.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Tuscaloosa. a low-income housing project.Three women approached Willie Fort. home. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.Some opened the closet to the open sky.

 large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.?? .Three women approached Willie Fort.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. more than 2.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Ala. Zutell said. breaking a 36-year-old record.??In Tuscaloosa. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.?? he said. the toll is expected to rise. including head injuries or lacerations. ??We??re not talking hours. Mr.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. ??Everything??s gone. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. We??re in support. were gone.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Governor Bentley. Ala. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states." she said. the assistant director of the authority. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. answer me." he said. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.

?? said Scott Brooks.. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. There was nothing he could do.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. gesturing. ??We??re not talking hours. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. 15 in Georgia. Governor Bentley. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.'Come here. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. Mom. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. where their roof had been.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.Mr. toward a wooden wreck behind him. So many bodies. who recorded the video.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles." he said.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. I can tell you this. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.Gov."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. Brian Wilhite.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 lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.?? Mr. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.Thousands have been injured. 15 in Georgia. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. and untold more have been left homeless.