
Tuscaloosa tornado survivors pick through rubble The tornado that tore through Tuscaloosa on Wednesday was a capricious beast.It flattened some neighbourhoods entirely but spared others, razed dozens of houses on a street while leaving a couple standing and, in some homes, destroyed every room save that in which a family took shelter.
As the city dug out from the wreckage on Friday, those fortunate enough to survive with their lives and their houses largely intact described a different kind of heartbreak from those forced to rebuild.
"It's almost a survivor's guilt," said Donny Selman, 33, who cowered under a mattress in a hallway...