Houses lost their roofs and in some cases walls

At least 25 homes were damaged or destroyed Sunday when a mini-tornado swept through a neighborhood in the southern part of the city of Chihuahua.

Six people were reported to have suffered minor injuries after the storm struck Vistas de Cerro Grande, lifting the roofs off houses and in some cases knocking down walls.

Video footage of the event shows laminate roof panels flying in all directions. One of the injured was a young girl who was cut by flying glass.

It was a phenomenon that Chihuahua Governor César Duarte described as rare and blamed climate change while touring the damage yesterday.

“The weather is showing us phenomena that we’ve never seen before in these latitudes . . . .”

He said there was no doubt that the tornado was a protest by nature “against the climate changes were are living through.”

An analysis is under way to determine whether federal emergency funds are available to repair the damages.

One family will have some major rebuilding to do after the wind knocked over an entire concrete wall. Martha Elena Mancinas said they had been building their home for the last two years.

“I’m very sad because of all we had done up until now. But never mind, there’s nothing else to but start over . . . .”

Source: El Sol de México (sp), Excélsior (sp), Milenio (sp)