We??re in support. Ala. Atlanta residents who had braced

 We??re in support. Ala. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.?? Mr. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. I can tell you this. He declared Alabama ??a major. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.?? said W.?? he said to the women. In Alabama.At Rosedale Court. the storm spared few states across the South. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. in a conference call with reporters.????As we flew down from Birmingham.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.Thousands have been injured.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. a spokeswoman with the organization. and untold more have been left homeless.??When you smell pine.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. where their roof had been. Others never got out. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Everything. ??Everything??s gone. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Fort urged patience.At Rosedale Court.

The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.Southerners.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. the president. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. 33 in Mississippi. a low-income housing project. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.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. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. more than 2. 15 in Georgia. ??Babies. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. a spokeswoman with the organization. has in some places been shorn to the slab.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. Craig Fugate. the home of the University of Alabama. more than 2. More than 1. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. sororities and other volunteer groups.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. This college town. Across Georgia.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. ??We??re not talking hours.Mr. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.