At least 19 people were killed when a tornado and severe storms swept through the US state of Mississippi late Friday, authorities told ABC news.
Search and rescue operations were underway in Sharkey and Humphreys counties, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) north of state capital Jackson, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said, according to ABC.
This follows a tragic incident Friday in Texas, where an anonymous emergency telephone call led authorities to halt a train that contained a group of “suffocating” migrants, two of whom were dead, police in Texas said.
The US Border Patrol stopped the train east of Knippa, a small community in southern Texas near the city of San Antonio, police said.
“Approximately 15 migrants were discovered to be in need of immediate medical attention, five of the immigrants were flown out to San Antonio area hospitals, five were transported to area hospitals, and their conditions are unknown,” the statement by the Uvalde Police Department said.
“Two of the immigrants were pronounced deceased.”
Uvalde mayor Don McLaughlin confirmed that two people had died, according to ABC News, but put the total number of people trapped in the container at 17.
Twelve were sent to hospitals, while three were “okay,” McLaughlin said.
