A freak tornado has ripped through a border city in northern Mexico, leaving more than a dozen people dead and many more injured.<br /><br /> Flipping over cars and tearing down homes, it left a trail of destruction in Ciudad Acuna.<br /><br /> Three children were among those killed, when the surprise whirlwind hit in the early hours of Monday. <br /><br /> Across the border in the southern US, tornadoes and record rainfall are causing chaos in Texas and Oklahoma. <br /><br /> Twelve people are missing after their holiday home was swept away in Texas.<br /><br /> Steve Thurber, San Marcos Mayor, said communities are trying to recover. <br /><br /> “It’s a tremendous clean-up operation for them. They’ve lost their homes, they’ve lost their livelihoods and some businesses. So we’re there to get it cleaned up.”<br /><br /> Texas’ governor has likened the ferocity of flash flooding to a tsunami. States of disaster have been declared in 24 counties.<br /><br /> Forecasters say there is more bad weather to come. <br /><br /> WOW! Tornado seen earlier this Monday evening near Pec
