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Sprawling devastation as US storm toll tops 310

Obama vows to help rebuild affected communities

AFP, Tuscaloosa
Shocked Americans yesterday sifted through the rubble from the worst US tornadoes in decades, which carved a trail of destruction across the south claiming at least 313 lives.
Communities like Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's home town of Tuscaloosa were virtually wiped off the map, and officials warned the body count would rise as rescuers uncovered more dead in the debris.
Disbelief was written on faces across eight states crippled by the ferocious spring storms — the deadliest tornado tragedy to strike the United States since 332 people were killed by a tornado outbreakonMarch21,1932.
Recalling the more recent horror of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, families picked through the remains of homes, businesses and schools, bearing witness
to scenes of devastation more common in war zones or after earthquakes.
In Alabama, the worst-hit state, the toll reached 210, with more than 1,700 injured and up to a million people left without power. The Birmingham News quoted local officials as saying it could take days to restore electricity.
US President Barack Obama, who visited the disaster zone yesterday, vowed to help devastated communities to recover.
"We can't bring those who have been lost back, they are alongside God at this point.’’ But"... just want to make a commitment to the communities here that we are going to do everything we can to help these communities rebuild," said Obama after touring wrecked neighbourhoods in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Obama has declared a "major disaster" in Alabama and ordered federal aid there.
States of emergency were declared from central Oklahoma to Georgia on the eastern seaboard, and governors called out the National Guard — including2,000 troops in Alabama — to help with the rescue and clean-up operations.
"We had a major catastrophic event here in Alabama with the outbreak of numerous long-track tornadoes," said Governor Bentley.
In neighboring Mississippi, which suffered more than 30 casualties, Governor Haley Barbour told CNN that Wednesday "was just as bad as I can ever remember. Some people will make the argument it is as bad as it has ever been. ”
As the long day dragged on, rescue workers battled to find missing people and try to rescue survivors still trapped in the rubble of their homes.
Many homes looked like they had been blown inside out, with the walls tom down andfumiturespillingintothestreet.