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# President Obama visits tornado hit Alabama
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## US President Barack Obama tours Alabama and meets local residents
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struggling to pick up the pieces after tornadoes shattered the state, killing
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9:18PM BST 29 Apr 2011
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Entire blocks were obliterated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a city of about 90,000
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people, where Mr Obama touched down to see the destruction first-hand, meet
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with Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and observe search and rescue operations
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in the aftermath of the worst [**US**][1] natural disaster since Hurricane
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Katrina in 2005.
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As Mr Obama and wife Michelle stepped off their plane at the Tuscaloosa
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airport, the First Lady put her hand on her heart while commiserating with
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local officials.
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"I just want to make a commitment to the communities here that we are going to
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do everything we can to help these communities rebuild," the president said.
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This week's tornadoes, most of which touched down on Wednesday, have already
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claimed the lives of 303 people, while flooding killed another 10 in Arkansas,
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Kentucky and Missouri.
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