1.   As searchers combed the mile-long stricken area Wednesday, Bitz described the mental and physical agony of Tuesday night.

2.   A mobile service center in which people can seek federal aid also will be working in stricken areas, Chalmers said.

3.   Brown said at least one lane of every road in the stricken area was open.

4.   But she said a frontal system northwest of the stricken area may finally provide the current necessary to break up the storm and drive it out of the Southeast.

5.   Clinton said he plans to visit the stricken area Saturday.

6.   Except for emergency services, local and state government agencies were closed in the stricken areas, and countless businesses were shuttered for the duration.

7.   Georgians in Congress rushed to show their concern for stricken areas of the state and to use their influence in bringing aid to the state.

8.   It takes two to three months for food to reach the stricken areas.

9.   Officials said the teams might not reach the stricken area before Sunday.

10.   Other soldiers were shown ferrying residents out of badly stricken areas in rowboats and senior officers were seen exhorting the troops to greater efforts.