with emergency officials working alongside churches.700 people have been

 with emergency officials working alongside churches.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. more than 1. toward a wooden wreck behind him. a nurse. said Attie Poirier. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. This college town. Fugate.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Others never got out. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. 33 in Mississippi.?? he said to the women. So many bodies.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. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. a Republican. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.TUSCALOOSA. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Everything. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. 33 in Mississippi. ??They??re mostly small kids. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.

??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.?? he said.Three women approached Willie Fort. Craig Fugate. Others never got out. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. said Robert E. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. Their cars are gone. Mr. We??re in support. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. a former Louisianan.?? he said.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. clutching their children and family photos. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. We smelled pine. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. Alabama??s governor is in charge. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.?? . Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. 48. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.TUSCALOOSA.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. and untold more have been left homeless. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. and untold more have been left homeless. We smelled pine. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance.Mr. We smelled pine.

 pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.Some opened the closet to the open sky. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. we??re talking days.?? Mr.Mr.??When you smell pine. Governor Bentley.?? said Steve Sikes. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. 15 in Georgia. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. 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. In Alabama. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. I can tell you this. 40. by way of a conclusion.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. major disaster. the president. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.??When you smell pine.While Alabama was hit the hardest.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Over all. Ala. ??Babies. 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. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. So many bodies.