Volunteers providing food, shelter to tornado victims; dead now at 341

PRATT CITY, Ala. (AP)

Whether it's refilling blood-pressure medicine or patrolling neighborhoods in a grocery-filled pickup truck, tornado victims in splintered Southern towns say volunteers are ensuring they're well-fed and warm at night.

At least a few, though, say they need more from the government — help getting into their homes and cleaning up endless debris.

Across the twister-ravaged South, students and church groups aggressively tended to those who needed it most, clearing away wreckage and handing out food and water.

Wednesday's tornadoes marked the second-deadliest day of twisters in U.S. history, leaving 341 people dead across seven states - including 249 in Alabama.

Thousands were hurt, and hundreds of homes and businesses have vanished into rubble.