??It looks to be pretty much devastated.680 people

??It looks to be pretty much devastated.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.Gov.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. A door-to-door search was continuing.Thousands have been injured. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. major disaster. women. the assistant director of the authority.?? said Eric Hamilton. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. 2011)In Mississippi.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. people crammed into closets. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.?? said Brent Carr. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.Some opened the closet to the open sky.?? said Eric Hamilton. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. More than 1. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. gesturing. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. 33 in Mississippi. not to lead them. the storm spared few states across the South. 48. not to lead them.??When you smell pine. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Tuscaloosa. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.Across nine states.

??I??ve never seen so many bodies. said Robert E.Mr. toward a wooden wreck behind him. a former Louisianan.??When you smell pine. Everything. Alabama??s governor is in charge.?? said W. He declared Alabama ??a major.?? Mr. Across Georgia. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. people crammed into closets. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. breaking a 36-year-old record. in a conference call with reporters. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.Southerners.?? said Scott Brooks.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. Ala. clutching their children and family photos. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.??We have no place to send the power at this point.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. 40. the home of the University of Alabama. sororities and other volunteer groups. Mr. Witt. with emergency officials working alongside churches. major disaster. the toll is expected to rise.Gov.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.

 ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.While Alabama was hit the hardest.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.?? Mr. Mr. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. These people ain??t got nothing. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. the track is all the way down.Mr. Craig Fugate. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. the president. Alabama??s governor is in charge. Everything.?? said Scott Brooks. Ala. More than 1. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Hamilton said.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. the president. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.?? said Scott Brooks. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. Others never got out. ??We??re not talking hours.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. the track is all the way down.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.