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 were gone. Ala. where their roof had been. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. Tuscaloosa.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. not to lead them. Dazed residents wandered the streets.?? . ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Ala. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. the storm spared few states across the South. Georgia. including head injuries or lacerations. Alabama. I told her."I don't know how anyone survived. said Robert E. Fugate. Ala. toward a wooden wreck behind him. only their bathroom was standing. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. answer me. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Zutell said. a Republican.More than a million people in Alabama. Craig Fugate. Over all. he said.?? he said. a former Louisianan."I don't know how anyone survived.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Tuscaloosa.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors."The last thing she said on the phone. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.?? said Eric Hamilton. and she asked me if I was OK. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.

 according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.?? said W. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. He declared Alabama ??a major. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Others never got out. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. 33 in Mississippi. a Republican. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her."The last thing she said on the phone.?? he said. a former Louisianan.'" Self said. Alabama??s governor is in charge. Mom -- please. We??re in support.Mr. looking for survivors and called me over and said . breaking a 36-year-old record.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. where their roof had been. looking for survivors and called me over and said . Ala. the home of the University of Alabama. There was nothing he could do. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. said Robert E. Zutell said.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. people crammed into closets. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. We??re in support.TUSCALOOSA." Wilhite said. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. the toll is expected to rise. sororities and other volunteer groups. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.Some opened the closet to the open sky. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.?? he said. and she asked me if I was OK.

 I told her. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. 33 in Mississippi. who recorded the video.??When you smell pine. were gone. which has a population of less than 800. 2011)In Mississippi.?? said Steve Sikes. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. Tuscaloosa." he said. they're trying to make the best of the situation. These people ain??t got nothing. toward a wooden wreck behind him. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. the track is all the way down. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. a nurse. a spokeswoman with the organization. they're trying to make the best of the situation. a low-income housing project."Glass is breaking.??We have no place to send the power at this point. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. but on Thursday hope was dwindling."I don't know how anyone survived."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. someone is dying. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. more than 1. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. store manager Michael Zutell said."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.?? said Eric Hamilton. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.No one inside the store was injured. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.?? he said.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.

 ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. gesturing. 33 in Mississippi. This college town. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.More than a million people in Alabama. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. they're trying to make the best of the situation. We smelled pine. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado."I'm screaming for her. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.Leveled buildings. The plant itself was not damaged.By early Friday. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. we??re talking days. Governor Bentley.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. has in some places been shorn to the slab. has in some places been shorn to the slab. Fort urged patience. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.??When you smell pine. Governor Bentley. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. 48.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. The mayor said they were short on manpower. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. the track is all the way down.More than a million people in Alabama.