30 April 2011
Last updated at 06:49 ET
Much of Tuscaloosa was ravaged by a mile-wide tornado on Wednesday
The death toll from the tornadoes that hit the southern US this week has risen to 340, in one of the worst twister outbreaks in the country’s history.
Soldiers and emergency teams are still searching for bodies and survivors.
More than 200 tornadoes were reported across six southern US states on Tuesday and Wednesday.
During a visit to Alabama, which bore the brunt of the storms, President Barack Obama said he had “never seen devastation like this”.
Mr Obama was speaking in Tuscaloosa, an Alabama town hit by a mile-wide (1.6km) tornado on Wednesday.
“We are going to do everything we can to
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