A tornado raged through a city on the U.S.-Mexico border Monday May 26, destroying homes, flinging cars like matchstick.

1. Tornado Ruins Border City of Mexico and Texas
Cities are built, developed, and
industrialized for years by the
government and its people. A style
of living is traditionalized by every
citizen, and this makes a city
dynamic and ideal. However, in a
little span of time, a city founded
for years could vanish.
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After 100 years since the establishment of Ciudad Acuna, a border city of Mexico and
Texas, a cataclysmic tornado having the speed of 270-300 km/h took the lives of 10
adults and 3 children last May 26. Moreover, hundreds of injured people had been
taken to the hospital after the destruction of 1000 homes. The said tornado struck
the city in the morning when a lot of people are on their way to work. This scenario
has been considered as one of the factors why a lot of people have died. The
calamity left the city with ruined infrastructures and the people in chaos.
The state has been busy distributing help to the affected individuals. Mexican
President Enrique Pena Nieto expressed his support to the relatives of the victims
through visiting the ruined area and ensuring than they got the help they needed.
Temporary shelters were also built for those who became homeless after the said
calamity.
Recalling that another city in Central Texas was just hit by storm last May 23
which caused a flash flood in Blanco River, authorities have been actively on the
guard then. The latter flood has caused the death of a number of people which is
now added with the casualties after the tornado in Ciudad Acuna.
It is heart-breaking for the government and the people to see for themselves
how their established and loved land was wrecked, and how lives were taken by
something that is of nobody’s control. Howbeit, people are left with no one to
blame, and nothing to do but to start rebuilding the city they lost.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-32877631
http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/05/25/deadly-storms-swamp-plains-midwest-force-
texans-from-homes
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/26/us/texas-and-oklahoma-ravaged-by-severe-weather-and-
flooding.html?_r=0