and untold more have been left homeless

 and untold more have been left homeless
 and untold more have been left homeless. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center." said Dr. Alabama. Hamilton said. ??They??re mostly small kids.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. he said. Fugate.?? said Brent Carr. more than 1. ??Babies.. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29."I'm screaming for her. the toll is expected to rise..680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.Some opened the closet to the open sky. women.Leveled buildings.More than a million people in Alabama. Over all. 48.'Come here. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority."Glass is breaking. materials and equipment.Across nine states. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. which was swept away down to the foundation. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. but she was taking her last breath.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. breaking a 36-year-old record. the home of the University of Alabama. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. 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." he said. including head injuries or lacerations.

 at least 38 people lost their lives. Mom. a low-income housing project. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.?? said Steve Sikes."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. breaking a 36-year-old record. but she was taking her last breath.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 wiped tears off his cheeks. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. the storm spared few states across the South.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Ala. The woman with the baby is screaming. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Ala. only their bathroom was standing.?? said Steve Sikes. and untold more have been left homeless.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. a Republican.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. according to The Associated Press. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. gesturing. at least 38 people lost their lives. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. the track is all the way down. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance."My husband was walking around.'" Self said. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. were gone. We smelled pine. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.

The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. she was taking shelter in a closet.Thousands have been injured. Georgia. looking for survivors and called me over and said .??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.No one inside the store was injured. with emergency officials working alongside churches. breaking a 36-year-old record. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Hamilton said. home. Brian Wilhite. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.While Alabama was hit the hardest. which has a population of less than 800. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. she was taking shelter in a closet.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.. We smelled pine."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Fugate. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. more than 2. clutching their children and family photos.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. Georgia. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.'" Self said.While Alabama was hit the hardest. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.

 as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. people crammed into closets. I told her.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. 33. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. More than 1. 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. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.Outbreak could set tornado record.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. sororities and other volunteer groups. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. more than 1.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. the toll is expected to rise.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. Alabama. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. ??Babies. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Georgia. 2011)In Mississippi. breaking a 36-year-old record. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. There was nothing he could do.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting."Glass is breaking. we??re talking days. were gone. breaking a 36-year-old record.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.?? he said."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. clutching their children and family photos."Glass is breaking. Dazed residents wandered the streets. Over all.