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Obama on Alabama tornadoes: 'I've never seen devastation like this'

President Obama arrives in Tuscaloosa after flying over the hard-hit region. 'We're going to make sure you're not forgotten,' he tells residents. About 300 people are known dead in the South, with 210 of them in Alabama.As officials across the South continued the grim business of counting the dead and caring for the survivors, President Obama on Friday toured some of the areas in Alabama hardest hit by tornadoes.

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