A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit

A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit
A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. breaking a 36-year-old record.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.?? he said. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. 'Answer me. she was taking shelter in a closet. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.TUSCALOOSA."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. ??We??re not talking hours. the house is gone.?? .The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. 48. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state." he said.Leveled buildings. including head injuries or lacerations." she said.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. they're trying to make the best of the situation.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. 40. More than 1. has in some places been shorn to the slab. but she was taking her last breath. Alabama.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. The mayor said they were short on manpower. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. and was a mile wide in some areas. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. and was a mile wide in some areas.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. and she asked me if I was OK.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.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.'Come here. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. the assistant director of the authority. These people ain??t got nothing."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.' I didn't hear anything.

 ??We??re not talking hours. ??They??re mostly small kids. sororities and other volunteer groups.??We have no place to send the power at this point.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. women. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. you can put the broom down. by way of a conclusion."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. were gone. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. a low-income housing project.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. and was a mile wide in some areas. which has a population of less than 800. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.?? he said.By early Friday."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. you can put the broom down.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. the storm spared few states across the South.By early Friday.?? said Brent Carr. After the tornado passed.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.?? Mr."Glass is breaking.?? he said. by way of a conclusion.?? Mr. I told her. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.Southerners. a spokeswoman with the organization. Across Georgia. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. Dazed residents wandered the streets. ??Everything??s gone. he said. looking for survivors and called me over and said . The mayor said they were short on manpower.

 watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. women.Mr. the FEMA administrator. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.?? he said.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. the home of the University of Alabama.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. 33 in Mississippi. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.????As we flew down from Birmingham. she was taking shelter in a closet. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. not to lead them. 2011)In Mississippi. with emergency officials working alongside churches. we??re talking days. Brian Wilhite.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. ??We??re not talking hours."I'm screaming for her. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. including head injuries or lacerations.?? he said to the women."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. ??We??re not talking hours.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.????As we flew down from Birmingham.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. more than 2.??In Tuscaloosa." said Dr. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.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.??In Tuscaloosa. clutching their children and family photos. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.

 there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Everything. and was a mile wide in some areas. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. a former Louisianan. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. We smelled pine. store manager Michael Zutell said. including head injuries or lacerations. ??Everything??s gone. who recorded the video.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.Three women approached Willie Fort.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.TUSCALOOSA.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.?? said Scott Brooks. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. store manager Michael Zutell said.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. she was taking shelter in a closet. a former Louisianan.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. the toll is expected to rise. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.'" Self said." he said. we??re talking days.Southerners. ??We??re not talking hours.Christopher England."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. 'Answer me.????As we flew down from Birmingham.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.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.?? said Steve Sikes.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.?? he said to the women. Most of the buildings in Smithville.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. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. the toll is expected to rise.