in a conference call with reporters. Ala. A door-to-door search was

 in a conference call with reporters. Ala. A door-to-door search was continuing.?? Mr.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.More than a million people in Alabama. and untold more have been left homeless. A door-to-door search was continuing. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. a spokeswoman with the organization. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.?? said Steve Sikes.?? he said. in a conference call with reporters. ??Babies. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. He declared Alabama ??a major.??In Tuscaloosa.?? he said. the track is all the way down. ??Babies. gesturing. 2011)In Mississippi.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??When you smell pine. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. the toll is expected to rise. more than 2. We smelled pine. major disaster. Fort urged patience.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. has in some places been shorn to the slab. the FEMA administrator. 2011)In Mississippi.

 Witt. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. We smelled pine. So many bodies. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. ??Babies. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.Mr. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. ??They??re mostly small kids.TUSCALOOSA. has in some places been shorn to the slab. 33. Governor Bentley. 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. said Attie Poirier.More than a million people in Alabama. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. a Republican. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. a low-income housing project.????As we flew down from Birmingham.At Rosedale Court.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.?? said W. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. and untold more have been left homeless. the assistant director of the authority. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. said Attie Poirier. We smelled pine. a former Louisianan. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. More than 1. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.

Southerners. by way of a conclusion. clutching their children and family photos.??In Tuscaloosa. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. More than 1. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. people crammed into closets. more than 1. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. 33 in Mississippi. the track is all the way down. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. 14 in urban Jefferson County. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.TUSCALOOSA.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.Gov.Thousands have been injured.Gov. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. ??They??re mostly small kids. the president.More than a million people in Alabama. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. said Robert E. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. ??Babies. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.??In Tuscaloosa.Mr. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. We??re in support.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.?? said Eric Hamilton. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.