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Survivors Pick Through Storm Devastation
CONCORD, Ala. (AP) - As crews combed the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado outbreak in nearly four decades, survivors were left trying to figure out how to put their lives back together.
At least 297 were killed across six states in Wednesday's outbreak.
President Barack Obama planned a trip to Tuscaloosa on Friday to view storm damage and meet Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley and shattered families. Late Thursday, Obama signed a disaster declaration for the state to provide federal aid to those who seek it.
Survivors Pick Through Storm Devastation
This aerial photo shows the devastation of the Cedar Crest and Forest Lake neighborhoods in Tuscaloosa, Ala. on Thursday, April 28, 2011. A powerful and deadly tornado cut through Tuscaloosa Wednesday evening. President Barack Obama said he would visit Alabama Friday to view damage and meet with the governor and families devastated by the storms. Obama has already expressed condolences by phone to Gov. Robert Bentley and approved his request for emergency federal assistance. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Dusty Compton)
Survivors Pick Through Storm Devastation
A recreational vehicle is overturned and flattened in Rainsville, Ala., Thursday, April, 28, 2011. A least 32 people died when a tornado struck Dekalb County Wednesday. (AP Photo/ Birmingham News, Mark Almond)
Survivors Pick Through Storm Devastation
This is an aerial view of tornado damage to an apartment complex in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Thursday, April 28, 2011. 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 280 people were killed across six states _ more than two-thirds of them in Alabama, where large cities bore the half-mile-wide scars the twisters left behind. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Survivors Pick Through Storm Devastation
People walk along the streets in the Alberta City neighborhood Thursday April 28, 2011, after a tornado struck Tuscaloosa, Ala. the day before. Massive tornadoes tore a town-flattening streak across the South, killing at least 269 people in six states and forcing rescuers to carry some survivors out on makeshift stretchers of splintered debris. (AP Photo/David Bundy)
Survivors Pick Through Storm Devastation
This is an aerial view of tornado damage in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Thursday, April 28, 2011. 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. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Survivors Pick Through Storm Devastation
This is an aerial view of tornado damage in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Thursday, April 28, 2011. 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. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Survivors Pick Through Storm Devastation
Emergency workers search for survivors at a gas station in Ringgold, Ga., on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dan Henry)
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This aerial photo shows the devastation of The Rosedale Court housing community in Tuscaloosa, Ala. on Thursday, April 28, 2011. A powerful and deadly tornado cut through Alabama Wednesday evening. President Barack Obama said he would visit Alabama Friday to view damage and meet with the governor and families devastated by the storms. Obama has already expressed condolences by phone to Gov. Robert Bentley and approved his request for emergency federal assistance. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Dusty Compton)
Survivors Pick Through Storm Devastation
First responders carry an elderly woman away after they rescued her from the rubble of her home, after a tornado struck Wednesday, April 27, 2011 in Phil Campbell, Ala. (AP Photo/TimesDaily, Daniel Giles)
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