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 some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.?? said Scott Brooks.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. Mr. ??They??re mostly small kids. We smelled pine. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. women. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. toward a wooden wreck behind him. were gone. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. 33. Governor Bentley. the president. said Robert E.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. gesturing.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. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. the assistant director of the authority. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. Governor Bentley. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. major disaster.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. toward a wooden wreck behind him.?? said W. a spokeswoman with the organization. Ala. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.

 These people ain??t got nothing.?? .Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. clutching their children and family photos. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.??In Tuscaloosa. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. 40.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.Mr.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Craig Fugate. 2011)In Mississippi. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.?? he said to the women. Fugate.Thousands have been injured. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. which has a population of less than 800. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. Fugate. ??Everything??s gone. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Ala. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. 33.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.?? said W. more than 2. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. Most of the buildings in Smithville.

 With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. 48. Across Georgia.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. women. 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. has in some places been shorn to the slab.?? he said. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.?? he said. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.?? he said. ??They??re mostly small kids.?? he said. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. major disaster. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. by way of a conclusion. the FEMA administrator. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. and untold more have been left homeless. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. 14 in urban Jefferson County. a nurse. the president.????As we flew down from Birmingham.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. more than 2. and untold more have been left homeless.