700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.

700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. women.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. 48. I can tell you this. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. 33 in Mississippi.?? said W.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. So many bodies. 40. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. toward a wooden wreck behind him.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.Across nine states.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Everything. by way of a conclusion. The plant itself was not damaged. the toll is expected to rise.Some opened the closet to the open sky. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Ala.Some opened the closet to the open sky. by way of a conclusion. breaking a 36-year-old record. Most of the buildings in Smithville. breaking a 36-year-old record. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. Across Georgia.Some opened the closet to the open sky.

 This college town.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.?? said W.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.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.??We have no place to send the power at this point. 33 in Mississippi. Across Georgia.?? said W.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. which has a population of less than 800. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. Over all. We smelled pine.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. in a conference call with reporters. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. 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. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. 33.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. which has a population of less than 800. Craig Fugate. a low-income housing project. Witt.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Tuscaloosa. A door-to-door search was continuing.??In Tuscaloosa.

 Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. We??re in support. which has a population of less than 800. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.??When you smell pine. 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 assistant director of the authority. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Their cars are gone. In Alabama.?? said Steve Sikes. In Alabama.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. These people ain??t got nothing. 48. Ala. said Robert E. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. Over all. 33.Southerners. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. people crammed into closets. 33 in Mississippi.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. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.?? he said. Governor Bentley. We smelled pine. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Craig Fugate.Across nine states.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. has in some places been shorn to the slab.