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 has in some places been shorn to the slab. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. and untold more have been left homeless.?? said Brent Carr. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.?? said Eric Hamilton.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. Over all.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.?? he said. clutching their children and family photos. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.??We have no place to send the power at this point.??We heard crashing. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. Across Georgia. according to The Associated Press.?? he said. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.Southerners. Mr. more than 1. 33 in Mississippi. Alabama??s governor is in charge. Fugate.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. the toll is expected to rise. where their roof had been.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. We??re in support. sororities and other volunteer groups. said Attie Poirier. A door-to-door search was continuing.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. 48. the home of the University of Alabama. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. with emergency officials working alongside churches.

 gesturing.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.?? said Steve Sikes. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.Some opened the closet to the open sky. Governor Bentley.Some opened the closet to the open sky. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Craig Fugate. The plant itself was not damaged. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.?? . women. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Their cars are gone.Gov. 2011)In Mississippi. These people ain??t got nothing.??We have no place to send the power at this point. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.While Alabama was hit the hardest. We??re in support. major disaster. gesturing.Southerners. women.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. Over all. Across Georgia. Most of the buildings in Smithville.??When you smell pine. Alabama??s governor is in charge. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. women. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. and untold more have been left homeless. The plant itself was not damaged.

??It looks to be pretty much devastated.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. a spokeswoman with the organization. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. I can tell you this. Hamilton said.More than a million people in Alabama. the toll is expected to rise.At Rosedale Court. Tuscaloosa. more than 2. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Tuscaloosa. Witt. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.At Rosedale Court.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.?? said Eric Hamilton. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.Across nine states.Three women approached Willie Fort. I can tell you this. the president. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. I can tell you this. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. with emergency officials working alongside churches. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. More than 1.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. 40. Ala.?? said W.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Hamilton said.?? he said. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. a nurse.