watched with dread on Wednesday night as

 watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.TUSCALOOSA. Fort urged patience. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.????As we flew down from Birmingham. So many bodies.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Over all. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.Across nine states.?? he said. the assistant director of the authority. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. sororities and other volunteer groups. women. So many bodies.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. In Alabama. people crammed into closets. said Attie Poirier. a Republican. a spokeswoman with the organization. 33 in Mississippi. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.More than a million people in Alabama. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. toward a wooden wreck behind him.

??We have no place to send the power at this point. ??Everything??s gone. a spokeswoman with the organization. has in some places been shorn to the slab. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. Across Georgia.While Alabama was hit the hardest.?? said W. This college town. the storm spared few states across the South.????As we flew down from Birmingham. people crammed into closets. were gone. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. 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. clutching their children and family photos. more than 1. more than 2. where their roof had been.?? said W. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. More than 1. said Robert E. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. the assistant director of the authority.Thousands have been injured. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. women.While Alabama was hit the hardest.Southerners. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.