A tornado that hit the Mexican town of Ciudad Acuna on Monday morning killed at least 13 people, while across the border in Texas, 12 people are reported missing after severe flooding.
The tornado in Ciudad Acuna, a town of 125,000 people across from Del Rio, Texas, struck as children were headed to their school buses, CBS News reports. A baby in its carrier was ripped from its mother's arms and 400 homes were destroyed, authorities said. At least 300 people are hospitalized for injuries. "There's nothing standing, not walls, not roofs," said Edgar Gonzalez, a spokesman for the Acuna city government.
In Texas, 2,000 people had to evacuate their homes during heavy rains, which hit towns along the Blanco River in the central part of the state especially hard. One man, Jonathan McComb, was hospitalized after the house where he was staying with his family and friends came off its foundation and struck a bridge as the water carried it down the river. His wife and two children are among the dozen people missing after the flooding.
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