Tornado crosses the Rio Grande, killing 10 - More than 160 are hurt when the twister hits sister cities in Texas and Mexico. ‘We’re all just numb,’ a mayor says.

Posted on: April 26th, 2007
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“All day, Ramos and hundreds of residents in communities on both sides of the U.S-Mexico border struggled to absorb the devastation left by a ferocious tornado that hopscotched through the area Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 160.

Seven of the victims died on the U.S. side, in a rural area south of the city of Eagle Pass. Across the Rio Grande, at least three people died in the towns sister city of Piedras Negras.”

Source: http://www.latimes.com
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