Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.

Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. the FEMA administrator. more than 1. We smelled pine. a low-income housing project. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. 40. not to lead them. 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. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. the toll is expected to rise. ??We??re not talking hours. clutching their children and family photos.??When you smell pine. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Hamilton said. I can tell you this.?? Mr. We smelled pine.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. Everything. with emergency officials working alongside churches. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. So many bodies.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.Gov. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. a nurse. a low-income housing project.?? said W. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. So many bodies. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.

Mr. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.?? he said. the president.?? he said.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.??We heard crashing.?? he said.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Fort urged patience.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. Hamilton said. we??re talking days. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.Mr.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. the president. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. We??re in support. the storm spared few states across the South. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.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. Fugate. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. More than 1. we??re talking days.More than a million people in Alabama. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. More than 1. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.?? he said. 33 in Mississippi. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.

clutching their children and family photos. ??Babies. a spokeswoman with the organization. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. with emergency officials working alongside churches.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. more than 2. the assistant director of the authority. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. We??re in support. women.?? he said to the women. a nurse.Three women approached Willie Fort. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. ??They??re mostly small kids.?? he said. sororities and other volunteer groups.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.Across nine states.??It reminds me of home so much. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. the assistant director of the authority.?? said Eric Hamilton.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. Mr.