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After a strong tornado damaged dozens of homes and downed power lines, authorities declared a curfew and one person was killed.
STRONG TORNADO
On the mainland across from South Padre Island, off the Gulf of Mexico, in the unincorporated community of Laguna Heights, the tornado struck at around 4 a.m., when most residents were asleep in their homes.
TORNADO
There was no advance warning. Instead, the first warning of a tornado "went out at the same time it was touching ground," said Barry Goldsmith, a warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Brownsville.
WARNING
The weather service classified the storm as an EF1 tornado after measuring wind speeds of 86 to 110 mph.
SPEED
It lasted only about two to four minutes but it ravaged the area. As many as 60 homes were damaged.
RAVAGED AREA
38 people were receiving assistance from a temporary shelter in the neighboring city of Port Isabel after the county judge approved a disaster declaration.
HELP