who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs

 who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs
 who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. Alabama. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. including head injuries or lacerations. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. the house is gone.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. the toll is expected to rise.Mr.?? Mr. more than 1. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.Some opened the closet to the open sky. More than 1. you can put the broom down. Alabama??s governor is in charge. said Attie Poirier. which residents now describe merely as ??gone."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. After the tornado passed. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. Alabama. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. Across Georgia. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.?? said Scott Brooks. In Alabama." he said.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. We smelled pine. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. answer me.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.??When you smell 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.?? said Scott Brooks. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.

"It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. said Attie Poirier. A door-to-door search was continuing. not to lead them.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. which was swept away down to the foundation.?? he said.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. Their cars are gone. said Attie Poirier.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. but she was taking her last breath.Gov. a spokeswoman with the organization. Zutell said. Fugate.No one inside the store was injured.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here." she said.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. Across Georgia. 'Mom. 40.?? .?? he said. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. toward a wooden wreck behind him.Southerners.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.?? said Steve Sikes. Alabama??s governor is in charge. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.Leveled buildings. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. The plant itself was not damaged. ??They??re mostly small kids. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. Craig Fugate. only their bathroom was standing.

The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. which was swept away down to the foundation.?? ." he said.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. the track is all the way down."My husband was walking around. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. and she asked me if I was OK."The last thing she said on the phone. women."I'm screaming for her. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. 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 FEMA administrator. the house is gone. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. ??They??re mostly small kids. materials and equipment. Mr. the home of the University of Alabama.?? Mr. she was taking shelter in a closet. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Hamilton said. according to The Associated Press.??When you smell pine. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. The woman with the baby is screaming. not to lead them.Thousands have been injured. We??re in support. a nurse.By early Friday. 33. Georgia. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. 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.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.More than a million people in Alabama.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.

The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.Leveled buildings. who recorded the video. The mayor said they were short on manpower. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. with emergency officials working alongside churches. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Ala. gesturing.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. you can put the broom down. The mayor said they were short on manpower.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. home.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.?? he said to the women. I can tell you this.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. the toll is expected to rise. were gone. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away." Wilhite said. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. We??re in support.?? said Scott Brooks. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. said Attie Poirier.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. a spokeswoman with the organization. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. 14 in urban Jefferson County.'Come here.Mr. according to The Associated Press. and she asked me if I was OK. 40.