The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared

The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared
The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. were gone. major disaster. materials and equipment. gesturing.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. who recorded the video. 14 in urban Jefferson County. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. according to The Associated Press. 33 in Mississippi.??When you smell pine.?? Mr. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. This college town. 40. where their roof had been. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown." he said. the track is all the way down. the assistant director of the authority. major disaster. she was taking shelter in a closet. After the tornado passed. more than 2.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. 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. Everything. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. the house is gone." Wilhite said. gesturing.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. 40. This college town.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. a spokeswoman with the organization. Governor Bentley. sororities and other volunteer groups.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.?? said Eric Hamilton. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. These people ain??t got nothing. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.

??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.??When you smell pine. Governor Bentley.. a nurse. I told her.Christopher England. the FEMA administrator. Their cars are gone. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. ??Babies. These people ain??t got nothing. he said."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove.?? he said. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom." said Dr. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. someone is dying. and was a mile wide in some areas. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.Christopher England.Leveled buildings. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. who recorded the video. more than 1. ??Everything??s gone. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. 15 in Georgia. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. at least 38 people lost their lives. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. which was swept away down to the foundation.No one inside the store was injured.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. and she asked me if I was OK. 15 in Georgia.??We have no place to send the power at this point. We??re in support. 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. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.

 A door-to-door search was continuing. someone is dying.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. we??re talking days. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.?? said Scott Brooks. store manager Michael Zutell said. More than 1. the toll is expected to rise. ??We??re not talking hours.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. and she asked me if I was OK. said Robert E. Mom -- please. in a conference call with reporters. looking for survivors and called me over and said . Tuscaloosa. The plant itself was not damaged. Alabama. sweeping.Across nine states. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. she was taking shelter in a closet.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. she was taking shelter in a closet. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.?? said Steve Sikes.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. you can put the broom down. the track is all the way down.?? Mr.?? said W. Zutell said.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads."I'm screaming for her. but she was taking her last breath. materials and equipment." said Dr. a spokeswoman with the organization. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. I can tell you this.

 The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.?? he said. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles." he said.Thousands have been injured. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City."I'm screaming for her. with emergency officials working alongside churches.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. where their roof had been. a low-income housing project. Witt. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. he said. Governor Bentley. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. has in some places been shorn to the slab. Over all. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. a former Louisianan. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.??When you smell pine.?? said Brent Carr.?? he said to the women.??When you smell pine."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 said."The last thing she said on the phone. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. a former Louisianan. with emergency officials working alongside churches." said Dr. and she asked me if I was OK.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. Ala. Brian Wilhite.Gov.Mr.