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 he said.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.?? Mr.????As we flew down from Birmingham. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. major disaster. 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. they're trying to make the best of the situation. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.Outbreak could set tornado record.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. home. a nurse."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.?? said Scott Brooks. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.Thousands have been injured. at least 38 people lost their lives. clutching their children and family photos. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Ala.'" Self said. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky." Wilhite said."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. materials and equipment. Brian Wilhite. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.?? said Eric Hamilton. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power." Wilhite said. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. including head injuries or lacerations.Southerners. the toll is expected to rise.?? ."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. I told her. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. only their bathroom was standing."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. I told her.

 some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. home.??When you smell pine."I'm screaming for her.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line." he said. the track is all the way down. Mom.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.??When you smell pine. After the tornado passed. materials and equipment. the track is all the way down. Across Georgia. Governor Bentley.?? said Steve Sikes.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. has in some places been shorn to the slab. home. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. and she asked me if I was OK.?? he said.?? said W. ??Everything??s gone.' I didn't hear anything. who recorded the video.?? said Eric Hamilton.?? Mr." she said.Gov.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. major disaster. major disaster. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. she was taking shelter in a closet. including head injuries or lacerations. she was taking shelter in a closet. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop."My husband was walking around.?? said Scott Brooks. the track is all the way down. but she was taking her last breath.?? said Steve Sikes. a low-income housing project. Ala. Hamilton said.

" said Dr. clutching their children and family photos. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.Leveled buildings.?? he said. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus." Wilhite said.??We heard crashing. at least 38 people lost their lives.By early Friday. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.. Everything. 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.Outbreak could set tornado record. Across Georgia."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. said Robert E. ??Everything??s gone.??When you smell pine. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Across Georgia. home."Glass is breaking. said Robert E. 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. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. she was taking shelter in a closet.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Others never got out.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. This college town.'Come here.?? said Scott Brooks. she was taking shelter in a closet.While Alabama was hit the hardest.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. There was nothing he could do. looking for survivors and called me over and said .

 Craig Fugate. We??re in support. a former Louisianan.Some opened the closet to the open sky. The woman with the baby is screaming.While Alabama was hit the hardest.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.By early Friday. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. according to The Associated Press. which has a population of less than 800. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. These people ain??t got nothing.??In Tuscaloosa. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.?? he said. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. and was a mile wide in some areas. 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.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville."I'm screaming for her. they're trying to make the best of the situation. and was a mile wide in some areas. clutching their children and family photos. 33 in Mississippi. who recorded the video. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Mom -- please. looking for survivors and called me over and said ."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. including head injuries or lacerations. Alabama. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month."I don't know how anyone survived.Southerners.?? he said to the women.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday."My husband was walking around."Now. Dazed residents wandered the streets. not to lead them.