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Obama Says Devastation Unlike Any He Has Ever Seen

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Expressing amazement at the destruction all around him, President Barack Obama on Friday stepped through the wreckage left by rampaging tornadoes and pledged help to those who survived but lost their homes in a terrifying flash. Said the president: "I've never seen devastation like this." "We're going...

Deadliest Tornado Outbreak in Decades Kills Nearly 300

PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. -- Firefighters searched one splintered pile after another for survivors Thursday, combing the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades. At least 297 people were killed across six states - more than two-thirds of them in Alabama,...

Survival Stories Emerge From South's Tornado Tragedy

Poignant tales from tornado survivors are pouring in -- of muffled screams from under piles of debris, university students hit in the head by a flying Jeep Cherokee and a 6-year-old boy, unconscious but alive, pulled from the rubble as his wounded father wept. At least 178 people are believed to have died in one of the...

15-State Tornado Outbreak Deadliest Since 2008

WASHINGTON -- The devastation is stunning -- homes and lives shattered as the deadliest swarm of twisters in three years battered up to 15 states. Ultimately, this could turn out to be among the top 10 three-day outbreaks for number of tornadoes, though experts can't be sure until all the reports are sorted, said Greg...

Spring Storms Kill 17, Destroy Family in Alabama

BOONE'S CHAPEL, Ala. - The home Willard Hollon had shared with his son and granddaughters is gone now, as is the one where his daughter lived, both twisted from their foundations by a tornado and tossed into the woods nearby. The storms that devastated the Deep South destroyed his family, too: Willard, his son Steve and...

Background on alabama

Alabama () is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west.

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