Violent storm hits Alabama

AP Published April 28, 2011
A tornado moves through Tuscaloosa, Ala.
A tornado moves through Tuscaloosa, Ala.
A car lies overturned and buildings destroyed.
A car lies overturned and buildings destroyed.
Pearline G. Hinton, left, and son Kendrell Dwayne Hinton, 16, flee the remains of their home in Rosedale after hearing word that another storm was on its way after a tornado tore through Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Pearline G. Hinton, left, and son Kendrell Dwayne Hinton, 16, flee the remains of their home in Rosedale after hearing word that another storm was on its way after a tornado tore through Tuscaloosa, Ala.
A home and car in the Forest Lake neighborhood of Tuscaloosa, Ala. are destroyed after the tornado.
A home and car in the Forest Lake neighborhood of Tuscaloosa, Ala. are destroyed after the tornado.
A woman sifts through the destruction of a former T Mobile office.
A woman sifts through the destruction of a former T Mobile office.
Residents survey the destruction after a tornado hit Pratt City, Ala. just north of downtown Birmingham, Ala.
Residents survey the destruction after a tornado hit Pratt City, Ala. just north of downtown Birmingham, Ala.
Birmingham Rescue attends to a man who was injured after a tornado hits Pratt City just north of downtown Birmingham.
Birmingham Rescue attends to a man who was injured after a tornado hits Pratt City just north of downtown Birmingham.
Residents survey the destruction.
Residents survey the destruction.
Homes and businesses are completely destroyed along 15th St. in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Homes and businesses are completely destroyed along 15th St. in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Faye Hyde, right, sits on a mattress in what was her yard as she comforts her granddaughter Sierra Goldsmith, two, in Conord Ala.
Faye Hyde, right, sits on a mattress in what was her yard as she comforts her granddaughter Sierra Goldsmith, two, in Conord Ala.

Deadly tornados and flash floods flattened buildings and overturned vehicles overnight as major storms churned through the United States, with the death toll surpassing 160 people.

The severe weather killed 128 people in Alabama on Wednesday alone, authorities said, and President Barack Obama said Washington would be rushing search and rescue assistance to the battered southeastern state.

States of emergency were declared in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Oklahoma, and governors called out the National Guard to help with rescue and cleanup operations. - Photos by AP

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