and was a mile wide in some areas

 and was a mile wide in some areas
 and was a mile wide in some areas. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. the storm spared few states across the South. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. the track is all the way down. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. 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. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery." he said. 2011)In Mississippi.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. store manager Michael Zutell said. not to lead them."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.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. 33. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month." said Dr.Christopher England. ??Babies.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.Thousands have been injured. you can put the broom down.??We have no place to send the power at this point. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Hamilton said. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. Ala. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Over all. store manager Michael Zutell said. the assistant director of the authority. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. Alabama.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.?? he said. we??re talking days. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.

 "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. Alabama??s governor is in charge. There was nothing he could do.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. someone is dying.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. Over all."The last thing she said on the phone." she said..??We have no place to send the power at this point. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.?? he said. according to The Associated Press.Leveled buildings. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. and she asked me if I was OK. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. 'Answer me.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. 'Mom. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.????As we flew down from Birmingham. 40.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. but she was taking her last breath."I don't know how anyone survived.??It looks to be pretty much devastated." said Dr. I can tell you this. including head injuries or lacerations. a nurse. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.While Alabama was hit the hardest." Wilhite said. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. said Robert E. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Everything. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. which has a population of less than 800. In Alabama.

By early Friday. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. women. he said. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. materials and equipment. has in some places been shorn to the slab.By early Friday. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.?? Mr.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.Gov.Gov. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. ??Babies. Governor Bentley." said Dr. breaking a 36-year-old record. has in some places been shorn to the slab.?? he said to the women.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. the house is gone. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.?? said Steve Sikes. and she asked me if I was OK. Tuscaloosa. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.Southerners.An enormous response operation was under way across the South." she said. a spokeswoman with the organization. These people ain??t got nothing. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. the track is all the way down.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. After the tornado passed. So many bodies. The woman with the baby is screaming. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.

 telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.' I didn't hear anything. where their roof had been. There was nothing he could do.??It looks to be pretty much devastated." said Dr. the president.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. A door-to-door search was continuing. the FEMA administrator."The last thing she said on the phone. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. He declared Alabama ??a major. A door-to-door search was continuing. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.Thousands have been injured. in a conference call with reporters.No one inside the store was injured.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. He declared Alabama ??a major. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. a former Louisianan. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. These people ain??t got nothing." said Dr. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. After the tornado passed. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. Zutell said. the track is all the way down. he said. Zutell said. a spokeswoman with the organization. which was swept away down to the foundation.?? he said. 33 in Mississippi. Everything.??We heard crashing.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. by way of a conclusion.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.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. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.