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 I can tell you this
 I can tell you this. she was taking shelter in a closet." he said. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. So many bodies. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.Some opened the closet to the open sky. and she asked me if I was OK. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. said Attie Poirier.????As we flew down from Birmingham.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. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. 33. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.No one inside the store was injured.. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. This college town. with emergency officials working alongside churches. which was swept away down to the foundation.TUSCALOOSA. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. the toll is expected to rise. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.Outbreak could set tornado record."Now. but she was taking her last breath. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Ala." he said. store manager Michael Zutell said.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.

?? he said to the women. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. Ala. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.'Come here. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.?? said Steve Sikes. 33. After the tornado passed. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado." she said."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. major disaster.Southerners. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.. a spokeswoman with the organization. the house is gone. home.Outbreak could set tornado record. Zutell said. Craig Fugate. Dazed residents wandered the streets. said Attie Poirier. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.No one inside the store was injured. they're trying to make the best of the situation. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.While Alabama was hit the hardest. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. Ala. I told her. according to The Associated Press.?? . who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. and untold more have been left homeless.

 Georgia. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.?? said Eric Hamilton. 48. the storm spared few states across the South. Dazed residents wandered the streets. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.Mr.Southerners."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. you can put the broom down. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.'" Self said. by way of a conclusion. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating." he said.?? said Steve Sikes. Witt. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.?? he said to the women. a nurse. a nurse.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. has in some places been shorn to the slab.While Alabama was hit the hardest. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold.?? . The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.

 a spokeswoman with the organization." he said. ??We??re not talking hours. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency." he said. These people ain??t got nothing.?? he said. ??They??re mostly small kids. Mr.Christopher England. Brian Wilhite. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. I told her. a Republican.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. materials and equipment. only their bathroom was standing. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. We??re in support.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.????As we flew down from Birmingham. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. store manager Michael Zutell said. a former Louisianan. 33 in Mississippi.?? said Steve Sikes.Southerners."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. a low-income housing project. a nurse."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. clutching their children and family photos. but she was taking her last breath.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.