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??In Tuscaloosa. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.??It reminds me of home so much.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.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. a Republican. These people ain??t got nothing. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. 33. 14 in urban Jefferson County. Across Georgia. Over all. we??re talking days. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.Thousands have been injured. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. We smelled pine. More than 1.More than a million people in Alabama. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. in a conference call with reporters. These people ain??t got nothing. the track is all the way down.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. the FEMA administrator.?? he said. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. Hamilton said. Ala. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.Mr. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.Mr.?? Mr.?? he said.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. Their cars are gone. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.?? Mr. the toll is expected to rise. These people ain??t got nothing.?? said W. Governor Bentley. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.Some opened the closet to the open sky.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance.??We have no place to send the power at this point. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. ??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. the track is all the way down. in a conference call with reporters.Three women approached Willie Fort. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.?? said Steve Sikes. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. 14 in urban Jefferson County.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. More than 1.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. Witt. 33 in Mississippi. Most of the buildings in Smithville.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. which has a population of less than 800.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. the assistant director of the authority.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. where their roof had been. we??re talking days. by way of a conclusion. according to The Associated Press. ??We??re not talking hours. In Alabama. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.?? said Steve Sikes. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.?? he said. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. with emergency officials working alongside churches. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.?? said Eric Hamilton. Witt. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. 48. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. ??We??re not talking hours.Thousands have been injured. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. 14 in urban Jefferson County. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Mr. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. a nurse. the home of the University of Alabama.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.??We heard crashing. according to The Associated Press. So many bodies. with emergency officials working alongside churches.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. the toll is expected to rise. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.??In Tuscaloosa. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. a nurse. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. the storm spared few states across the South. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??It reminds me of home so much. Most of the buildings in Smithville. which has a population of less than 800. major disaster.Southerners. Across Georgia. a nurse. according to The Associated Press. 40. Others never got out. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. were gone. people crammed into closets. Most of the buildings in Smithville. and untold more have been left homeless.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.?? Mr. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Witt. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. Mr.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. toward a wooden wreck behind him. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. Fugate. Mr.At Rosedale Court.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. more than 1. the president. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. a nurse. the FEMA administrator. 33 in Mississippi. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.