US President Barack Obama speaks to the media alongside local and federal officials as he tours tornado damage in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 29, 2011. Obama on Friday walked through piles of splintered debris in Alabama, pledging to help rebuild American communities after the worst US tornadoes in decades killed 300 people. With grief and disbelief rippling across the region, stunned residents sifted through the rubble of their destroyed homes and emergency crews searched for survivors, especially in hardest-hit Alabama where at least 210 people died and cities and towns were left forever transformed by nature’s fury. (Getty)