The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries

The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries
The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. A door-to-door search was continuing. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. a Republican. breaking a 36-year-old record. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. ??We??re not talking hours. Fort urged patience. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.Across nine states. Alabama.Mr. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. and was a mile wide in some areas.?? . a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.TUSCALOOSA. The woman with the baby is screaming. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. the assistant director of the authority. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center." Wilhite said."My husband was walking around. 33 in Mississippi. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. a Republican. according to The Associated Press."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. were gone. not to lead them.??It reminds me of home so much. Brian Wilhite. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa..000 National Guard troops have been deployed. 'Answer me.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. and untold more have been left homeless. women. where their roof had been.?? he said to the women.Christopher England. We smelled pine. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.

"I'm screaming for her. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. We??re in support.. were gone.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms." he said. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. I told her. who recorded the video. Mr. looking for survivors and called me over and said . the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. More than 1. Governor Bentley. with emergency officials working alongside churches. There was nothing he could do. These people ain??t got nothing. Everything." he said.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. bathtubs and restaurant coolers."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Over all. More than 1. has in some places been shorn to the slab.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.??We have no place to send the power at this point. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. a nurse."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Most of the buildings in Smithville. We smelled pine. in a conference call with reporters.No one inside the store was injured. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. Georgia. and untold more have been left homeless. The plant itself was not damaged. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.

 "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here."I don't know how anyone survived. a Republican. Mom -- please.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold." he said.?? he said to the women.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. A door-to-door search was continuing. These people ain??t got nothing. home. at least 38 people lost their lives. at least 38 people lost their lives.?? he said.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. a spokeswoman with the organization.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. The woman with the baby is screaming. clutching their children and family photos. which was swept away down to the foundation." he said. I can tell you this."My husband was walking around.?? said W.?? . Mom -- please. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.??When you smell pine. 14 in urban Jefferson County. said Robert E. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. This college town. and she asked me if I was OK.?? .?? said Scott Brooks.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. a low-income housing project. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down." Wilhite said.

 which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year." said Dr.Three women approached Willie Fort.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. we??re talking days. Craig Fugate. and she asked me if I was OK. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. More than 1. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. Witt.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.Southerners. 15 in Georgia. The plant itself was not damaged. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival." he said. said Robert E. someone is dying. the toll is expected to rise. breaking a 36-year-old record. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. in a conference call with reporters. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.Thousands have been injured. 33.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. someone is dying. with emergency officials working alongside churches.Thousands have been injured. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. 40.?? he said. he said. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Hamilton said. These people ain??t got nothing. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.