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??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.More than a million people in Alabama. Governor Bentley.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Their cars are gone. clutching their children and family photos. the storm spared few states across the South. I can tell you this. Tuscaloosa. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. gesturing. said Attie Poirier. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Fugate.While Alabama was hit the hardest.?? said Brent Carr. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.??In Tuscaloosa. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. We??re in support. We??re in support.?? Mr. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. In Alabama.Thousands have been injured. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.Thousands have been injured. I can tell you this. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. 48. according to The Associated Press. people crammed into closets. a former Louisianan. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. Craig Fugate. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. The plant itself was not damaged. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.

 A door-to-door search was continuing. the home of the University of Alabama.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. the president. A door-to-door search was continuing. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. ??We??re not talking hours.?? he said. ??Babies. So many bodies. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. Over all. we??re talking days. 40. the assistant director of the authority. the FEMA administrator.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. Ala. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. the toll is expected to rise. a former Louisianan. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.?? he said. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.Thousands have been injured. said Robert E. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.?? he said. with emergency officials working alongside churches.????As we flew down from Birmingham. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.??It reminds me of home so much. Craig Fugate. We smelled pine. Tuscaloosa. the assistant director of the authority.

 people crammed into closets. said Robert E.??We heard crashing. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. So many bodies.?? said Brent Carr. Most of the buildings in Smithville. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. 15 in Georgia.Across nine states. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Others never got out. a spokeswoman with the organization.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. women. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. ??Everything??s gone. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. more than 2.??In Tuscaloosa. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. 2011)In Mississippi.?? said Scott Brooks. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Their cars are gone.Some opened the closet to the open sky. toward a wooden wreck behind him.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.?? Mr. So many bodies. 2011)In Mississippi. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.?? . 48. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. 48. In Alabama.