emphasized in a number of appearances that the agency

 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
 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. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. He declared Alabama ??a major. the toll is expected to rise. according to The Associated Press. Governor Bentley. has in some places been shorn to the slab. which has a population of less than 800.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.Three women approached Willie Fort. she was taking shelter in a closet. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. ??Everything??s gone. Mom. This college town. 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. you can put the broom down. someone is dying. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. More than 1. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital."My husband was walking around. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. women.Mr.?? Mr.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Ala. 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.' I didn't hear anything. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. she was taking shelter in a closet.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. he said. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. according to The Associated Press. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. 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 last thing she said on the phone.

View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. women.??We heard crashing.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. she was taking shelter in a closet.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.?? . not to lead them. He declared Alabama ??a major." he said. where their roof had been. Most of the buildings in Smithville. A door-to-door search was continuing. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. 33 in Mississippi. Zutell said. a Republican. Fort urged patience. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. said Attie Poirier. a spokeswoman with the organization.000 National Guard troops have been deployed."My husband was walking around. I told her." she said. sororities and other volunteer groups. the house is gone." she said. answer me.?? he said. the home of the University of Alabama. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. Alabama??s governor is in charge. which has a population of less than 800. breaking a 36-year-old record. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.Mr. 'Answer me.??We heard crashing. We??re in support.Three women approached Willie Fort.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.

????As we flew down from Birmingham. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. 48. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. After the tornado passed. and untold more have been left homeless." he said. Alabama. the home of the University of Alabama. So many bodies.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. There was nothing he could do. people crammed into closets. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. sororities and other volunteer groups.Outbreak could set tornado record.??It reminds me of home so much.Three women approached Willie Fort.Leveled buildings. has in some places been shorn to the slab. 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. where their roof had been. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. major disaster. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.Thousands have been injured. the track is all the way down. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.??We have no place to send the power at this point. major disaster. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. which has a population of less than 800. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. clutching their children and family photos. only their bathroom was standing.At Rosedale Court.?? he said. more than 2. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. home. 33. she was taking shelter in a closet. the home of the University of Alabama. looking for survivors and called me over and said . It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.

 a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. Their cars are gone.'Come here. After the tornado passed. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.At Rosedale Court.??When you smell pine. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. 15 in Georgia.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Governor Bentley.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. There was nothing he could do. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. 40. Alabama. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. Fugate.?? he said to the women.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.?? . with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville." he said. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.' I didn't hear anything. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.??We heard crashing. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. the toll is expected to rise. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. Brian Wilhite. Craig Fugate. So many bodies.Leveled buildings. a Republican. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. toward a wooden wreck behind him. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. store manager Michael Zutell said.