A door-to-door search was continuing

 A door-to-door search was continuing.Three women approached Willie Fort.??In Tuscaloosa. Ala.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.?? . which residents now describe merely as ??gone.??It reminds me of home so much. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.?? said W. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Mr.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. 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.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. the storm spared few states across the South. We smelled pine. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. the track is all the way down. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. So many bodies. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Fort urged patience.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Mr. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.

 Everything. a low-income housing project.??We have no place to send the power at this point. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. Governor Bentley. Others never got out. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. Most of the buildings in Smithville. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. More than 1. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. the FEMA administrator. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.Some opened the closet to the open sky. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Hamilton said. Governor Bentley.Mr. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. breaking a 36-year-old record.Three women approached Willie Fort.Thousands have been injured. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. Fugate.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.?? said Scott Brooks. These people ain??t got nothing. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.?? . the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. gesturing. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.??In Tuscaloosa. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and 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.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. More than 1. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.

 with emergency officials working alongside churches.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. Ala. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. where their roof had been. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.Thousands have been injured. 2011)In Mississippi. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. This college town.?? said W.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. said Robert E. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.More than a million people in Alabama. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. We smelled pine.Three women approached Willie Fort. Alabama??s governor is in charge. more than 2.?? he said. a former Louisianan. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.?? Mr. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. a low-income housing project. 33. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. toward a wooden wreck behind him. This college town. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.??When you smell pine.