Everything. 15 in Georgia. where their roof had been

 Everything. 15 in Georgia. where their roof had been. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.Thousands have been injured. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. 33 in Mississippi.?? he said.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. Ala. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. Governor Bentley.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. In Alabama.??We heard crashing. the storm spared few states across the South.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. More than 1. were gone. Alabama??s governor is in charge.??In Tuscaloosa.?? said Steve Sikes. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. gesturing.?? said Brent Carr.?? said Scott Brooks. Ala.?? said Steve Sikes. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. has in some places been shorn to the slab. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. said Attie Poirier. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.

 there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. ??Everything??s gone. 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. We??re in support. 40. and untold more have been left homeless. the home of the University of Alabama. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. women. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.?? said W. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. We??re in support.Across nine states. the assistant director of the authority. Craig Fugate. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. the track is all the way down. The plant itself was not damaged. the president. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. These people ain??t got nothing.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Over all.?? Mr.More than a million people in Alabama.?? he said. Hamilton said. 33 in Mississippi. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. More than 1.

??We have no place to send the power at this point. said Robert E.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.?? he said.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. said Attie Poirier. ??Babies. people crammed into closets. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. more than 2. has in some places been shorn to the slab.??We heard crashing.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.?? . tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.??We have no place to send the power at this point. a nurse. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. toward a wooden wreck behind him. more than 1. the president.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. the home of the University of Alabama.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.Some opened the closet to the open sky. Hamilton said. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. 2011)In Mississippi. and untold more have been left homeless. A door-to-door search was continuing. These people ain??t got nothing. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. Governor Bentley. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.?? said Eric Hamilton.