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?? he said. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. 33 in Mississippi.Three women approached Willie Fort. with emergency officials working alongside churches. women. He declared Alabama ??a major. we??re talking days. more than 1. a nurse.Mr. Alabama??s governor is in charge.??When you smell pine. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. which has a population of less than 800. major disaster. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.Some opened the closet to the open sky.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.??It reminds me of home so much.Thousands have been injured.TUSCALOOSA. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.?? said W. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.Gov. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. where their roof had been. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Fort urged patience. breaking a 36-year-old record.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.?? said Brent Carr. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. ??They??re mostly small kids. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. a low-income housing project.??We have no place to send the power at this point.?? said Steve Sikes.??In Tuscaloosa.Some opened the closet to the open sky. the FEMA administrator.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. women.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. Ala.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. 40.

Mr.Some opened the closet to the open sky.Across nine states.Southerners. said Attie Poirier. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. sororities and other volunteer groups. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. Ala. breaking a 36-year-old record. I can tell you this. ??They??re mostly small kids. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Across Georgia. Ala.?? said Eric Hamilton.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. 48.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. were gone. A door-to-door search was continuing. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. A door-to-door search was continuing.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.?? he said. in a conference call with reporters. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. has in some places been shorn to the slab. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.??In Tuscaloosa.??It reminds me of home so much. 2011)In Mississippi.?? said Scott Brooks. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. a Republican. the home of the University of Alabama. So many bodies. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. 33 in Mississippi. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. Craig Fugate. 33 in Mississippi. Hamilton said.?? said Eric Hamilton.

which has a population of less than 800.Gov.?? said Eric Hamilton. Ala. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. We??re in support. the storm spared few states across the South.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. ??Babies.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. I can tell you this. I can tell you this.??We have no place to send the power at this point.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. I can tell you this. Over all. sororities and other volunteer groups. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. a former Louisianan. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.Three women approached Willie Fort. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. We smelled pine.??It reminds me of home so much. More than 1. major disaster. people crammed into closets. we??re talking days. Others never got out. Craig Fugate. a former Louisianan. In Alabama. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. So many bodies. ??They??re mostly small kids.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. which has a population of less than 800. Ala. women. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.Southerners. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. We smelled pine. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. More than 1. Mr.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Fort urged patience.??It reminds me of home so much.