6 Dead As Severe Storms Strike Texas Community
Pastor Dale Morgan
Apr 25, 1:18 AM EDT
*6 Dead As Severe Storms Strike Texas Community*
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) -- Six people were killed when severe storms
spawned a tornado that struck a small community near the Mexican border
Tuesday, officials said.
At least six people died in the storms, Eagle Pass Fire Chief Roy
Delacruz said. The tornado struck unincorporated areas of Maverick
County known as Loma Linda and Chula Vista, he said.
The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado struck a few miles
south of Eagle Pass just after 7 p.m.
An unknown number of people were also injured, stretching the resources
of the local hospital in Eagle Pass, Delacruz said.
"We're still getting more and more people into the hospital, so I would
think a sizable amount of injuries," Delacruz said.
More than 200 emergency responders, including National Guard units
attached to the Border Patrol, were conducting search and rescue
efforts, he said. Their door-to-door checks were halted late Tuesday as
another series of dangerous storms swept the area.
The six fatalities were reportedly in one residence, Delacruz said.
The thunderstorm that produced the deadly tornado developed over Mexico
and moved southeast over the Rio Grande and across Maverick County, said
Clay Anderson, a senior forecaster with the Austin-San Antonio office of
the weather service.
Eagle Pass is located about 145 miles southeast of San Antonio.