Deadly tornado tears apart town in Mexico while storms hit the US
At least 10 people died when the twister struck, while 12 people were missing across the border in Texas after flooding ravaged the region
A tornado raged through a Mexico border city yesterday, destroying homes, flinging cars like matchsticks and ripping an infant from its mother's arms. At least 10 people were killed.
In Texas, 12 people were reported missing after flash flooding from a line of storms that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes.
The baby was missing after the twister sent its infant carrier flying. Rescue workers began digging through the rubble of damaged homes for more victims of the tornado that hit Ciudad Acuna, a city of 125,000 across from Del Rio, Texas, shortly after dawn.
"It hit an area of about seven blocks," said Victor Zamora, interior secretary of the northern state of Coahuila, describing the neighbourhood as "devastated".
Officials confirmed 10 dead, but that number could climb, Zamora said.
Photos from the scene showed cars with their hoods ripped off, resting upended against single-story houses. One car's frame was bent around the gate of a house. A bus was seen flipped and crumpled.