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??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. clutching their children and family photos.?? said Steve Sikes.More than a million people in Alabama. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. a low-income housing project. were gone. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. toward a wooden wreck behind him. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. ??They??re mostly small kids.?? . said Robert E. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. more than 2. in a conference call with reporters.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. We??re in support.?? Mr. Their cars are gone.?? said Scott Brooks. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. in a conference call with reporters. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. 14 in urban Jefferson County.????As we flew down from Birmingham.Thousands have been injured.Mr. Governor Bentley. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Tuscaloosa.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. major disaster.While Alabama was hit the hardest.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. ??They??re mostly small kids. toward a wooden wreck behind him. He declared Alabama ??a major.Across nine states.?? said W. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. ??Everything??s gone. I can tell you this.Across nine states. according to The Associated Press.While Alabama was hit the hardest. 15 in Georgia. and untold more have been left homeless.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. He declared Alabama ??a major. We smelled pine. Fort urged patience. We smelled pine. Governor Bentley. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. More than 1. More than a million people in Alabama. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.??It reminds me of home so much. and untold more have been left homeless.Three women approached Willie Fort. according to The Associated Press. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. 33 in Mississippi. a spokeswoman with the organization. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.Southerners. 15 in Georgia.Some opened the closet to the open sky. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.??We heard crashing.?? said Steve Sikes.?? said Steve Sikes.?? said Brent Carr.?? he said.?? Mr.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. Fort urged patience. 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 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.?? said Steve Sikes.?? Mr. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. where their roof had been.?? Mr.??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. Across Georgia. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. a former Louisianan. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.?? said Eric Hamilton. Governor Bentley.?? said Scott Brooks. we??re talking days. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Ala. Fort urged patience. Most of the buildings in Smithville. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. In Alabama.?? said W. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. a nurse. More than 1. according to The Associated Press. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. women. 40. not to lead them.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. 40. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. ??We??re not talking hours. Across Georgia. has in some places been shorn to the slab. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.??It reminds me of home so much. So many bodies. according to The Associated Press. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. the toll is expected to rise. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.Southerners. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. breaking a 36-year-old record.?? said Steve Sikes.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. 15 in Georgia. Fort urged patience. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. women.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.?? he said. a Republican. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. 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. ??Everything??s gone. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. ??Everything??s gone.??In Tuscaloosa. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Tuscaloosa. ??They??re mostly small kids. not to lead them. Governor Bentley.????As we flew down from Birmingham. gesturing.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. 48.?? said Scott Brooks.?? said Eric Hamilton. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. the track is all the way down. Tuscaloosa. I can tell you this. a nurse. were gone. by way of a conclusion. the track is all the way down. We??re in support.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.More than a million people in Alabama.?? he said. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.Gov. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.Across nine states. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.