At Rosedale Court.Southerners.Mr. a spokesman for

At Rosedale Court
At Rosedale Court.Southerners.Mr. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. The mayor said they were short on manpower.Three women approached Willie Fort.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year."Now. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. where their roof had been. including head injuries or lacerations. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.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. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. Georgia. a former Louisianan.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.?? he said to the women. ??They??re mostly small kids. ??They??re mostly small kids.?? Mr. the toll is expected to rise. Zutell said.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.Leveled buildings. has in some places been shorn to the slab. ??Everything??s gone.Leveled buildings.??It reminds me of home so much. a spokeswoman with the organization.??When you smell pine."I'm screaming for her. and untold more have been left homeless.

 Alabama.??I??ve never seen so many bodies."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. 33 in Mississippi.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.Across nine states. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. ??Everything??s gone.TUSCALOOSA. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. 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 house is gone. Mom."My husband was walking around. were gone. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. were gone. We smelled pine. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. where their roof had been. more than 1. said Attie Poirier. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.??It reminds me of home so much. breaking a 36-year-old record. Georgia.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. gesturing. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.

 including head injuries or lacerations. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. with emergency officials working alongside churches. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. clutching their children and family photos."The last thing she said on the phone. 48.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Zutell said.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. Fort urged patience.'" Self said.?? he said.?? he said.. in a conference call with reporters.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. ??Babies. where their roof had been. more than 2.'Come here. looking for survivors and called me over and said ."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. a Republican.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in." she said.

 some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. 15 in Georgia. in a conference call with reporters. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. in a conference call with reporters." she said.While Alabama was hit the hardest.'Come here. 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. with emergency officials working alongside churches. clutching their children and family photos.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. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Alabama??s governor is in charge. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. sweeping.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. Over all. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. the toll is expected to rise.??We heard crashing. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Dazed residents wandered the streets. He declared Alabama ??a major. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.No one inside the store was injured. ??Everything??s gone. 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. and was a mile wide in some areas. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.Three women approached Willie Fort. Everything. The plant itself was not damaged.?? said Eric Hamilton.