EAGLE PASS, Texas -- All residents were accounted for Wednesdayafter crews scoured the mangled remains of houses and trailer homesin the wake of tornadoes that killed at least 10 people in thisborder community and its Mexican neighbor.
The storm killed two other people in Louisiana and Arkansas.
A family of five -- a girl, her parents and two other relatives -- was killed when the winds blew their mobile home across the streetand slammed it into Rosita Valley Elementary School.
"It was a whole family, and they were all together, probably likethey were huddling," said police Officer Ezekiel Navjas.
"I've never seen nothing like this," he said, shaking his head.
Maverick County Judge Jose Aranda said that all residents wereaccounted for, but that 50 to 200 families were left homeless.
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