watched with dread on Wednesday night

 watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. We smelled pine. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Tuscaloosa. He declared Alabama ??a major. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.While Alabama was hit the hardest.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. in a conference call with reporters. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Governor Bentley. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. the toll is expected to rise. breaking a 36-year-old record. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Ala.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. This college town.Mr.??In Tuscaloosa.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. more than 2.?? Mr. sororities and other volunteer groups.?? Mr. A door-to-door search was continuing.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.??It reminds me of home so much. Craig Fugate. and untold more have been left homeless. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. said Attie Poirier. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. in a conference call with reporters.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Everything. ??Everything??s gone. a spokeswoman with the organization. not to lead them. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.

 not to lead them. more than 2. 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.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. Over all. ??They??re mostly small kids. toward a wooden wreck behind him. breaking a 36-year-old record. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. Mr.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. 48.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. we??re talking days. The plant itself was not damaged. Fugate. the president. a nurse.?? Mr. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. 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.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.Some opened the closet to the open sky. the storm spared few states across the South. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand.?? said Scott Brooks. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. Witt. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. in a conference call with reporters.?? said Steve Sikes. This college town.????As we flew down from Birmingham. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. toward a wooden wreck behind him. Everything.??In Tuscaloosa.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. the home of the University of Alabama.

 Over all. So many bodies. Craig Fugate. clutching their children and family photos.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.Thousands have been injured. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. a low-income housing project. said Attie Poirier. more than 1. ??They??re mostly small kids. sororities and other volunteer groups. the FEMA administrator. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. a low-income housing project. people crammed into closets. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. sororities and other volunteer groups. We??re in support.?? said Eric Hamilton.?? said Steve Sikes.??We have no place to send the power at this point. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. Fugate.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Mr. We smelled pine. the president. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.?? he said. Across Georgia. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.??It reminds me of home so much. Witt.?? he said. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. breaking a 36-year-old record.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. This college town.