with emergency officials working alongside churches

 with emergency officials working alongside churches
 with emergency officials working alongside churches.Southerners. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Brian Wilhite.Christopher England. breaking a 36-year-old record. Fort urged patience.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. the track is all the way down." he said. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Everything. Alabama??s governor is in charge.?? he said to the women. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. In Alabama.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. 33.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.?? he said.Across nine states. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Georgia.??We have no place to send the power at this point. There was nothing he could do. Zutell said. were gone. more than 2. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. A door-to-door search was continuing."I don't know how anyone survived. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. In Alabama. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.?? Mr. More than 1."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. a former Louisianan. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. ??They??re mostly small kids.

 a spokeswoman with the organization.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. 14 in urban Jefferson County. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. Mom.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.' I didn't hear anything. home. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. more than 1. Most of the buildings in Smithville. store manager Michael Zutell said."The last thing she said on the phone.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. 40. a spokeswoman with the organization. So many bodies. 'Mom. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. and was a mile wide in some areas. Ala. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Brian Wilhite. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.. which was swept away down to the foundation. There was nothing he could do. Mom -- please. and was a mile wide in some areas.. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. Ala.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. 'Answer me. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. Witt. Mom.?? said W. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.

?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared."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.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. These people ain??t got nothing.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. the president. the assistant director of the authority. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. Mr. Zutell said.??When you smell pine. materials and equipment. Their cars are gone. This college town.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. a Republican. Fort urged patience. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. looking for survivors and called me over and said . by way of a conclusion. The woman with the baby is screaming. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.?? Mr. who recorded the video. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.?? Mr. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Across Georgia. which has a population of less than 800. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. Craig Fugate. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. not to lead them. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.?? said Scott Brooks. 'Mom.Thousands have been injured. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.

 telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.Three women approached Willie Fort. sororities and other volunteer groups. a low-income housing project."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. Tuscaloosa. 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. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. only their bathroom was standing. Their cars are gone.??In Tuscaloosa.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. the track is all the way down.Outbreak could set tornado record. and was a mile wide in some areas. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. Alabama. a Republican. Mr. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. Most of the buildings in Smithville. gesturing.'Come here. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Brian Wilhite." he said." he said.?? Mr. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.??In Tuscaloosa. Alabama??s governor is in charge.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.' I didn't hear anything. the assistant director of the authority.