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?? he said.Mr.?? said Steve Sikes.??We heard crashing. 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. So many bodies.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. in a conference call with reporters. 48. a Republican. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. 40. Across Georgia. more than 1.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.Gov. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. 40. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. the assistant director of the authority. ??We??re not talking hours.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. We smelled pine. Their cars are gone.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.?? he said. Ala. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. Across Georgia. toward a wooden wreck behind him. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.

 pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Craig Fugate. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. We smelled pine. gesturing. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.Thousands have been injured. Their cars are gone. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. We smelled pine.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Ala. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.?? said Eric Hamilton. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Everything. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.??We have no place to send the power at this point. by way of a conclusion. people crammed into closets. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Ala.??It reminds me of home so much. I can tell you this. the assistant director of the authority. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.More than a million people in Alabama. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Craig Fugate.

 gesturing. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.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.??It reminds me of home so much. women. Everything. people crammed into closets.TUSCALOOSA. So many bodies. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.??When you smell pine. This college town.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. We smelled pine. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. breaking a 36-year-old record. Ala.?? he said. ??Everything??s gone.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. major disaster. These people ain??t got nothing.?? said Steve Sikes. were gone. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. gesturing. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. the FEMA administrator.TUSCALOOSA. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.?? said Eric Hamilton. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.