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Ala. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. a Republican.While Alabama was hit the hardest. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. A door-to-door search was continuing. with emergency officials working alongside churches. the toll is expected to rise. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.Mr. 40. More than 1.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Others never got out. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. 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. We smelled pine. a Republican. Craig Fugate. 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. and untold more have been left homeless. 15 in Georgia. has in some places been shorn to the slab.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. 48. with emergency officials working alongside churches.TUSCALOOSA. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. Witt. women. women. In Alabama. A door-to-door search was continuing.

who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. Hamilton said. We??re in support.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. I can tell you this.Southerners. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Everything. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.Across nine states. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. Ala. the assistant director of the authority.Some opened the closet to the open sky. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.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. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.?? he said. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. not to lead them.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. by way of a conclusion. the FEMA administrator. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. were gone.?? said Eric Hamilton. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. the track is all the way down.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.?? said W. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. He declared Alabama ??a major.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.

The plant itself was not damaged. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. a spokeswoman with the organization.??It reminds me of home so much.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.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.Across nine states. in a conference call with reporters. Ala. where their roof had been.Across nine states.At Rosedale Court. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. 15 in Georgia. Everything. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.Mr. the home of the University of Alabama. These people ain??t got nothing.?? .??We have no place to send the power at this point. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. 33 in Mississippi. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. We??re in support. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand.