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4:10 P.M. UPDATE: Dolly continues to weaken
THE LATEST: >> Maximum sustained winds at 85 mph, down from 100 mph earlier today. Dolly still a Category 1 Hurricane. >>Dolly's eye is about 50 miles north of Brownsville and is moving northwest at about 7 mph.. >>The storm...
Storm Stories
4:50pm Alamo: Border Patrol agents have blocked off Military Highway 281 near Alamo Road due to downed power lines. 4:30 Alamo: 11-year old Alondra Vela and her 9-year-old sister Alejandra sat on the sill of their open window and watched...
The Eye of the Storm: Pictures from Dolly (6 Galleries)
Weather events always make for great pictures. Here you will find all the pictures the Rio Grande Valley newspapers take of Hurricane Dolly. Gallery 6 - During the Storm: Part 5 Gallery 5 - During the Storm: Part 4 Gallery 4 - During the Storm: Part...
Sheriff: Mobile home flipped, family may be inside
Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño said a mobile home in the eastern part of the county may have turned over with a family inside. Details of the incident remain unclear. The sheriff's department has quickly become "swamped" with calls about...
Red Cross pressured to man shelters
McALLEN - The Red Cross's decision not to man storm shelters in Hidalgo County irked local officials as Hurricane Dolly bore down on the region Wednesday. Hidalgo County Judge J.D. Salinas frantically called Gov. Rick Perry's office Wednesday morning...
All but one flight into McAllen cancelled
McALLEN -- All but one flight into McAllen Miller International Airport has been cancelled. Continental flight 511 is scheduled to touch down at 10:23 p.m. and for now remains on the arrivals board, said airport director Phil Brown. Allegiant Airlines...
Will levees and dams hold?
McALLEN - Hidalgo County is protected by the weakest levees in the Rio Grande Valley. There are areas where the levees are so low that water could overtop them if Hurricane Dolly were to end up dumping a 100-year torrent once it moves out of the...
Updated at 4:32 p.m.: 95,000 lose power across valley, number expected to rise
More than 95,000 South Texas are without power, as Hurricane Dolly continues to batter the region, according to American Electric Power (AEP). High winds and airborne debris wreaked havoc with electric infrastructure in Hidalgo, Cameron and Willacy Counties...
Dolly sweeps away roofs of Palmetto Inn and Bahia Mar
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND - Hurricane Dolly's high winds blew the roofs off of the Palmetto Inn and Bahia Mar, according to witnesses on the Island. There are no reports of injuries, but people should be aware of flying debris....
UPDATE 10:45 a.m. County offices to close for Dolly
Here's the latest office closure list as of 9:45AM today for Texas Health and Human Services. These closures are all related to Hurricane Dolly. Offices in the following Counties will be closed all day Wednesday and all day Thursday. They...
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