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One dead after reported tornado in south Texas near U.S.-Mexico border

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say one person is dead following a reported tornado in south Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. National Weather Service meteorologist Angelica Soria in Brownsville says the Port Isabel police chief reported one person has been killed. Police said the storm struck the unincorporated community of Laguna Heights about 4 a.m. Saturday. Soria said a weather service investigator was assessing damage to determine if the storm had spawned a tornado. The storm follows an outbreak of dozens of tornadoes in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado that caused damage but no reported deaths,

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