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??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. said Attie Poirier. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away." he said.?? said Brent Carr. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. Craig Fugate.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. Over all.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. Fugate.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon."Glass is breaking. 14 in urban Jefferson County. This college town. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. toward a wooden wreck behind him. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. Zutell said." he said."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. Ala. where their roof had been. There was nothing he could do.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.At Rosedale Court.?? said Steve Sikes.Leveled buildings. including head injuries or lacerations. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. Fort urged patience. a nurse.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.

680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.No one inside the store was injured." he said. the FEMA administrator. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. clutching their children and family photos. they're trying to make the best of the situation. someone is dying.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. including head injuries or lacerations. Georgia. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.??We have no place to send the power at this point.. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. where their roof had been. the home of the University of Alabama. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. After the tornado passed.?? Mr. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.?? he said to the women. clutching their children and family photos. The plant itself was not damaged."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. 33 in Mississippi. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.?? .By early Friday. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. He declared Alabama ??a major. I can tell you this. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.?? he said. Brian Wilhite." he said.

" he said. 48.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.?? said Eric Hamilton.Three women approached Willie Fort.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. clutching their children and family photos.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. In Alabama. we??re talking days. the president.Southerners.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. breaking a 36-year-old record. said Attie Poirier.????As we flew down from Birmingham. the president. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. 'Mom. Fort urged patience. 40.Across nine states. Mom. gesturing. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. I told her. We??re in support. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.?? he said. 2011)In Mississippi."My husband was walking around. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before." Wilhite said.More than a million people in Alabama. 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.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.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.

 only their bathroom was standing. looking for survivors and called me over and said . Mom -- please.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. I can tell you this. a former Louisianan."Glass is breaking. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. women. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. The mayor said they were short on manpower.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. at least 38 people lost their lives. 33 in Mississippi. she was taking shelter in a closet. Everything.?? said Scott Brooks. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. 33 in Mississippi."Glass is breaking.Mr. with emergency officials working alongside churches. which has a population of less than 800. he said.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. the storm spared few states across the South. only their bathroom was standing. the toll is expected to rise.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here."I'm screaming for her. and she asked me if I was OK. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. including head injuries or lacerations. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Dazed residents wandered the streets. Mr. we??re talking days. Mom -- please. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. gesturing.