Disaster, loss at every turn in wake of tornadoes

Reporting from Birmingham, Ala.— The scope of devastation left by the second-deadliest tornado blast in U.S. history continued to emerge Saturday as stunned survivors combed the wreckage of homes churned into matchsticks and aid workers and volunteers struggled to get food, water and generators to thousands displaced across seven Southern states.

Hundreds who spent the night in emergency shelters hastily erected in hardest-hit Tuscaloosa, Ala., ... Full Story »