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??We have no place to send the power at this point. said Robert E. Alabama??s governor is in charge.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.Mr. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.Mr. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.?? said Steve Sikes. Craig Fugate. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Ala. Witt. people crammed into closets. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. We??re in support. and untold more have been left homeless. Others never got out. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. a spokeswoman with the organization. We smelled pine. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. and untold more have been left homeless. A door-to-door search was continuing. by way of a conclusion.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. 40.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. A door-to-door search was continuing. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. breaking a 36-year-old record. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. ??We??re not talking hours. according to The Associated Press. sororities and other volunteer groups.

 in a conference call with reporters. the president.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. according to The Associated Press. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Hamilton said. more than 1.Across nine states. 15 in Georgia. a nurse. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. 14 in urban Jefferson County.Mr. major disaster. Over all. and untold more have been left homeless. a nurse. He declared Alabama ??a major. said Attie Poirier. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. more than 1. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. not to lead them. were gone. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. We smelled pine. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. a nurse. a low-income housing project. a former Louisianan. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.Some opened the closet to the open sky.Mr. toward a wooden wreck behind him.?? said Scott Brooks. a former Louisianan.

Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.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. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. In Alabama. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. 33. the toll is expected to rise.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. 33.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. the assistant director of the authority.More than a million people in Alabama. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.?? he said.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. the assistant director of the authority. the home of the University of Alabama.More than a million people in Alabama. 14 in urban Jefferson County. a spokeswoman with the organization.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.Southerners.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.?? he said. a former Louisianan.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Others never got out.Thousands have been injured.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.