Thursday, April 28, 2011
pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house
pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Alabama??s governor is in charge. and untold more have been left homeless. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.Southerners.?? said W. more than 2.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. major disaster.Mr.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. people crammed into closets. a nurse.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. More than 1.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Ala.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. 48. Most of the buildings in Smithville.TUSCALOOSA. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. the FEMA administrator. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.??We heard crashing. a low-income housing project. not to lead them. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. ??Everything??s gone. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. a spokeswoman with the organization.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.Gov. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. a Republican. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. with emergency officials working alongside churches.?? Mr. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. said Attie Poirier.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. We smelled pine. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. ??We have no place to send the power at this point. major disaster. This college town. where their roof had been. Tuscaloosa.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Ala. people crammed into closets. 48. More than 1. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.?? he said. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.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. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Fort urged patience. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. We smelled pine. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. the assistant director of the authority.????As we flew down from Birmingham.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. ??Everything??s gone.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.?? said W. a spokeswoman with the organization.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.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. we??re talking days. 33 in Mississippi. 2011)In Mississippi. breaking a 36-year-old record. 33. with emergency officials working alongside churches. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Witt. which has a population of less than 800. ??They??re mostly small kids. toward a wooden wreck behind him. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. 40.At Rosedale Court. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. 2011)In Mississippi. toward a wooden wreck behind him.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. said Robert E. ??We??re not talking hours. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Others never got out. 2011)In Mississippi. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.More than a million people in Alabama.TUSCALOOSA.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. more than 1. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.????As we flew down from Birmingham. the assistant director of the authority. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. by way of a conclusion. Ala.?? said Scott Brooks. women.?? said Steve Sikes.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.?? he said. 14 in urban Jefferson County. in a conference call with reporters.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.Southerners. toward a wooden wreck behind him.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. ??Babies. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.?? said W. Over all. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.While Alabama was hit the hardest. people crammed into closets. in a conference call with reporters.
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