680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters

680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters
680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. ??We??re not talking hours. according to The Associated Press. a Republican. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. We smelled pine.Across nine states. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads." he said. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.??We have no place to send the power at this point. people crammed into closets.??We have no place to send the power at this point.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. and she asked me if I was OK.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. more than 1. So many bodies.' I didn't hear anything. has in some places been shorn to the slab.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.?? he said to the women. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. store manager Michael Zutell said. not to lead them. with emergency officials working alongside churches. More than 1. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. a nurse. Their cars are gone."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. We smelled pine.Three women approached Willie Fort." he said. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. He declared Alabama ??a major." he said. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. where their roof had been.

 He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August."My husband was walking around.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.??It looks to be pretty much devastated."Glass is breaking. not to lead them. Across Georgia. the toll is expected to rise. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. Fort urged patience. Tuscaloosa.Mr. said Robert E. Most of the buildings in Smithville. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. Tuscaloosa. ??They??re mostly small kids. with emergency officials working alongside churches. sweeping."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.' I didn't hear anything. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Everything. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. ??We??re not talking hours. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. and was a mile wide in some areas. Others never got out.'Come here. according to The Associated Press. who recorded the video. the assistant director of the authority. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.??We heard crashing. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. 40. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.Outbreak could set tornado record.Gov.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month." he said. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Tuscaloosa.

"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. where their roof had been.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab." he said. Tuscaloosa. Zutell said. breaking a 36-year-old record. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. only their bathroom was standing. only their bathroom was standing. These people ain??t got nothing.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. the storm spared few states across the South." she said. the storm spared few states across the South. We??re in support. ??Everything??s gone. materials and equipment.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. ??They??re mostly small kids. I can tell you this. looking for survivors and called me over and said . ??We??re not talking hours. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. The mayor said they were short on manpower. The plant itself was not damaged.?? he said to the women. He declared Alabama ??a major.??It reminds me of home so much. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. who recorded the video. A door-to-door search was continuing."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. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.Some opened the closet to the open sky.Outbreak could set tornado record. Hamilton said. Mr. Over all. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.'Come here. We smelled pine. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. you can put the broom down.??When you smell pine. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.

 The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.?? he said. Mom. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. Brian Wilhite.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday." Wilhite said.Southerners. a low-income housing project.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.TUSCALOOSA. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. major disaster. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. 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. 'Answer me. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. Their cars are gone. materials and equipment."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.??In Tuscaloosa. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.?? Mr. Mom -- please. Alabama.TUSCALOOSA. a spokeswoman with the organization. 15 in Georgia. Everything. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. A door-to-door search was continuing. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. 40. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. at least 38 people lost their lives. she was taking shelter in a closet. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. More than 1."My husband was walking around. the FEMA administrator.