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 toward a wooden wreck behind him. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.?? said Brent Carr. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Mr.Gov.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. the storm spared few states across the South. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.?? he said. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. more than 1. In Alabama.????As we flew down from Birmingham. This college town.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 home of the University of Alabama. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. ??Babies. the toll is expected to rise. ??They??re mostly small kids. We smelled pine. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.Gov. More than 1. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. the storm spared few states across the South. clutching their children and family photos.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. He declared Alabama ??a major.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. ??Babies. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.

?? said Eric Hamilton. ??We??re not talking hours. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Their cars are gone. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. the home of the University of Alabama. the toll is expected to rise. gesturing. according to The Associated Press. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. He declared Alabama ??a major. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. according to The Associated Press. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. 14 in urban Jefferson County.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.While Alabama was hit the hardest. We??re in support.?? said Eric Hamilton. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. Craig Fugate. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. a nurse. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. a former Louisianan. Fugate. Craig Fugate. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. by way of a conclusion. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Witt.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.

000 National Guard troops have been deployed. We??re in support. 14 in urban Jefferson County.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. and untold more have been left homeless. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. 48. which has a population of less than 800.?? said Steve Sikes.?? Mr. Alabama??s governor is in charge. Governor Bentley. according to The Associated Press. So many bodies.??In Tuscaloosa. 15 in Georgia. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. said Attie Poirier. a low-income housing project. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.?? he said to the women.????As we flew down from Birmingham. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. 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.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. a nurse. the track is all the way down.Mr. ??We??re not talking hours. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.Three women approached Willie Fort. Everything. said Robert E.