2011)In Mississippi

 2011)In Mississippi
 2011)In Mississippi. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. has in some places been shorn to the slab. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Mom. said Robert E.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.By early Friday. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. they're trying to make the best of the situation. you can put the broom down. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. the FEMA administrator.????As we flew down from Birmingham. only their bathroom was standing. Others never got out."I don't know how anyone survived. 'Answer me.. a low-income housing project. 15 in Georgia. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge." Wilhite said. a low-income housing project. which has a population of less than 800. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before." said Dr. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. I told her. We??re in support. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.??In Tuscaloosa. Georgia.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. Georgia. more than 2. and was a mile wide in some areas. including head injuries or lacerations. the assistant director of the authority. 33.

?? he said to the women. Craig Fugate. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.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. sororities and other volunteer groups. home.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. a nurse. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. ??Babies.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.Three women approached Willie Fort. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. 'Mom. Zutell said. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. and was a mile wide in some areas.Gov. home.'Come here. We??re in support. more than 1. Tuscaloosa. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. the assistant director of the authority. sweeping. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.Thousands have been injured. 14 in urban Jefferson County. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.??It reminds me of home so much. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.'Come here.?? he said to the women. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.Mr.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog."The last thing she said on the phone. clutching their children and family photos. people crammed into closets. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.

 and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. sweeping.Christopher England. Mom."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. which has a population of less than 800. Brian Wilhite. the FEMA administrator. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. you can put the broom down. and was a mile wide in some areas. said Attie Poirier. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Mr. Craig Fugate.??It reminds me of home so much.?? he said. 40.At Rosedale Court. in a conference call with reporters. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Across Georgia. said Attie Poirier.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.?? he said. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. only their bathroom was standing.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.Gov. home."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.Mr."My husband was walking around.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. ??Everything??s gone. materials and equipment. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. sweeping.?? .A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. Governor Bentley.

 who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. ??They??re mostly small kids. not to lead them.Southerners." he said. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. breaking a 36-year-old record. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. the FEMA administrator. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.TUSCALOOSA. We??re in support. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. More than 1. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him.????As we flew down from Birmingham. 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. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom.?? said Eric Hamilton."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. gesturing. 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.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday." Wilhite said." she said. a former Louisianan.Three women approached Willie Fort. Their cars are gone. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. and was a mile wide in some areas. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. Brian Wilhite. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. and untold more have been left homeless.?? Mr.Christopher England."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. the track is all the way down. where their roof had been.