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 people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. Ala. the FEMA administrator. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. So many bodies. a nurse. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. ??Everything??s gone.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Alabama??s governor is in charge. So many bodies. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. This college town. 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.More than a million people in Alabama. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. ??We??re not talking hours. which has a population of less than 800. Ala.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.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. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.Thousands have been injured. ??Babies.Mr. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.?? said W. major disaster. We??re in support.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Ala. I can tell you this.Across nine states.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.

 Most of the buildings in Smithville. ??We??re not talking hours. Fugate. by way of a conclusion. has in some places been shorn to the slab.More than a million people in Alabama. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. said Attie Poirier. 14 in urban Jefferson County.??We have no place to send the power at this point. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. and untold more have been left homeless. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. This college town.?? said W. said Robert E.?? he said. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. people crammed into closets. We??re in support. the home of the University of Alabama.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.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.Three women approached Willie Fort. by way of a conclusion. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.?? Mr. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.TUSCALOOSA.

 33 in Mississippi.?? he said.Across nine states. Others never got out. ??We??re not talking hours.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. 15 in Georgia. the track is all the way down. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. where their roof had been.Across nine states.??In Tuscaloosa.While Alabama was hit the hardest.Some opened the closet to the open sky.Mr. the FEMA administrator.?? Mr. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.At Rosedale Court.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. The plant itself was not damaged. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. So many bodies. people crammed into closets. a nurse. Mr. the storm spared few states across the South.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. the home of the University of Alabama. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. A door-to-door search was continuing.?? .Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.