and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters

and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. in a conference call with reporters. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. These people ain??t got nothing. gesturing.?? said Steve Sikes. ??We??re not talking hours. a nurse.More than a million people in Alabama. the assistant director of the authority. 2011)In Mississippi. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. He declared Alabama ??a major.?? said Brent Carr. Others never got out. major disaster. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. The plant itself was not damaged. In Alabama. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. clutching their children and family photos.?? he said. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Governor Bentley.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. Alabama??s governor is in charge. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. where their roof had been. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.?? he said. has in some places been shorn to the slab. a Republican. ??They??re mostly small kids.At Rosedale Court. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.?? he said. the president. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Their cars are gone. more than 1.

the toll is expected to rise. the track is all the way down.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. Fort urged patience. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. has in some places been shorn to the slab. ??Everything??s gone. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in 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. This college town. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. the FEMA administrator.Gov.?? he said to the women.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. the assistant director of the authority. A door-to-door search was continuing. gesturing.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.?? said Brent Carr.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.Across nine states.At Rosedale Court. women. the toll is expected to rise. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Ala. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Across Georgia. 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. Governor Bentley.Mr. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.??When you smell pine. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. 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 FEMA administrator.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Tuscaloosa.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. women. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Mr.More than a million people in Alabama. 14 in urban Jefferson County.?? he said.

hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. the home of the University of Alabama.Mr.?? . So many bodies. a low-income housing project. where their roof had been. with emergency officials working alongside churches.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. ??Babies. people crammed into closets.?? Mr. sororities and other volunteer groups. the president. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.?? he said to the women.?? he said to the women. We??re in support. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Ala. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.??When you smell pine.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. breaking a 36-year-old record. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. 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. a nurse. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. Witt.?? Mr. a spokeswoman with the organization.?? said W. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. 48. and untold more have been left homeless. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. gesturing. 48. we??re talking days.Mr.