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Evacuees from Hurricane Dolly rest at a convention center in Matamoros, Mexico, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Hurricane Dolly's leading edge blew down signs, damaged an apartment complex and knocked out electricity to thousands as it hit the Gulf Coast on either side of the Texas-Mexico border early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Dolly hammers northern Mexico

AP - Thu Jul 24, 1:27 AM ET

MATAMOROS, Mexico - Hurricane Dolly toppled trees and sent billboards flying Wednesday in the Mexican city of Matamoros, and authorities south of the U.S. border warned of possible flooding.

  • In this satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Dolly makes landfall as it moves west-northwest near the Texas-Mexico border. Hurricane Dolly was downgraded to a tropical storm late Wednesday after it tore into the south Texas coast with 160-kilometer (100-mile) per hour winds and left 250,000 people without drinking water in Mexico(AFP/NOAA-HO)
    Dolly downgraded to tropical storm after pounding Texas, Mexico AFP - Thu Jul 24, 1:03 AM ET

    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AFP) - Hurricane Dolly was downgraded to a tropical storm late Wednesday after it tore into the south Texas coast with 160-kilometer (100-mile) per hour winds and left 250,000 people without drinking water in Mexico.

  • A woman shields her baby from the rain after evacuating from a flooded neighbourhood in Matamoros July 23, 2008. (Tomas Bravo/Reuters)
    Hurricane Dolly hits South Texas, flooding feared Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 11:09 PM ET

    BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - Hurricane Dolly moved inland after tearing into the South Texas coast on Wednesday with 95 mph (150 kph) winds, pouring torrential rain on the U.S.-Mexico border area before being downgraded to a tropical storm.

  • Ohio governor declares emergency from wind damage AP - Wed Jul 23, 7:17 PM ET

    JUNCTION CITY, Ohio - Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has declared a state of emergency in the county hit by a storm with winds of up to 110 mph.

  • A powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the northern part of Japan's main Honshu island on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. REUTERS/Graphics
    Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 1:41 PM ET

    TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake jolted northern Japan early on Thursday, injuring several people, burying three cars under a landslide and cutting off electric power to at least 10,000 homes, media reports and officials said.

  • This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 1:15 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Dolly over the southern tip of Texas. In the East, a low pressure system is over the eastern Great Lakes with its front lingering along the eastern seaboard. This system is generating widely scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Scattered showers are also noted in portions of the Central Plains. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
    Survey: Gas and violence among hurricane worries AP - Wed Jul 23, 1:40 PM ET

    MIAMI - Nearly one-fourth of people in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina would refuse to evacuate for a storm if told to, a survey released Wednesday by Harvard University found.

  • This NASA satellite image, released July 22, 2008, shows Hurricane Dolly has it heads westward across the Gulf of Mexico and toward the U.S.-Mexico border. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
    Dolly strengthens to Category 2 hurricane: NHC Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 11:09 AM ET

    HOUSTON (Reuters) - Dolly strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 miles per hour (160 kph) as it neared the Texas coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday.

  • Weather around the U.S.A. AP - Wed Jul 23, 11:03 AM ET

    Weather around the U.S.A.

  • Hurricane Dolly is expected to make landfall on the Gulf coast of Texas. A front will continue to spread showers and thunderstorms in the East, while monsoon rains will persist across the Southwest.
    The Nation's Weather AP - Wed Jul 23, 7:19 AM ET

    Hurricane Dolly was expected to make landfall Wednesday near the Texas-Mexico border, bringing up to 15 inches of rain to southern Texas. Flooding was anticipated, especially along the coast, because of the heavy rain and storm surge.

  • George Soberanis puts his hand up to block the pelting rain from Hurricane Dolly as he wades through floodwaters outside his house Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in Los Fresnos, Texas. Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
    Levees hold but waters rise in Dolly's rains AP - 48 minutes ago

    BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Hurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100 mph winds.

  • In this satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Dolly moves west-northwest in the Gulf of Mexico near the Texas-Mexico border. Hurricane Dolly churned over the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday toward the US-Mexican border, forcing thousands in Mexico to evacuate as US oil rigs put staff ashore and the US Navy sheltered aircraft.(AFP/NOAA)
    Dolly grows into hurricane AFP - Tue Jul 22, 5:25 PM ET

    MIAMI (AFP) - Tropical Storm Dolly grew into a category one hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday as it headed toward the US-Mexican border, the US National Hurricane Center said.

  • WSI increases 2008 Atlantic hurricane forecast Reuters - Tue Jul 22, 5:03 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - WSI Corp increased its forecast for the number of named storms and hurricanes for the 2008 hurricane season due to warming in the Atlantic basin, the private forecaster said on Tuesday.

  • Busy start heralds bruising Atlantic hurricane season Reuters - Tue Jul 22, 10:38 AM ET

    MIAMI (Reuters) - The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season is already a month ahead of schedule, portending a rough year for tropical storms for the United States, Caribbean and Central America although most likely not a repeat of the devastating 2005 season.

  • A satellite image taken July 21, 2008 shows Tropical Storm Dolly (lower R). REUTERS/NOAA/Handout
    Tropical Storm Dolly strengthens slightly Reuters - Tue Jul 22, 8:46 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Dolly continued to strengthen slightly early Tuesday as it moved over the warm waters of the western Gulf of Mexico towards the Texas-Mexico border, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest update.

  • FEMA delivers incomplete disaster housing strategy AP - Mon Jul 21, 6:14 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A year overdue, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a draft disaster housing strategy Monday, which leaves it largely up to the next administration to figure out a way to avoid Hurricane Katrina-like problems that sent victims to toxic trailers.

  • A boat is blown into the building by Hurricane Dolly in Port Isabel, Texas July 23, 2008. (Joe Mitchell/Reuters)
    Pacific Tropical Storm Genevieve forms AP - Mon Jul 21, 5:13 PM ET

    MEXICO CITY - The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Genevieve has formed off Mexico's Pacific coast. Forecasters say the storm is not expected to threaten land.

  • The boats of Bangladeshi fishermen are moored alongside their homes in the village of Southkhali, 2007, in the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr. Bangladesh is likely to escape major flooding this year despite higher than average rainfall since the beginning of the current monsoon season, weather experts said Monday.(AFP/Mehdi Fedouach)
    Bangladesh to escape flooding this year: experts AFP - Mon Jul 21, 12:14 PM ET

    DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh is likely to escape major flooding this year despite higher than average rainfall since the beginning of the current monsoon season, weather experts said Monday.

  • Storm Cristobal strengthens but moves off U.S. coast Reuters - Mon Jul 21, 12:11 PM ET

    MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical storm Cristobal strengthened on Monday as it moved away from the U.S. East coast after lashing North Carolina with rain and high winds but doing little damage.

  • Strong quake shakes northern Japan, no tsunami AP - Mon Jul 21, 8:39 AM ET

    TOKYO - A strong earthquake with a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast Monday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the nation's weather agency said.

  • 1st Responders Urged To Check Mobile Satcom Gear Early SPACE.com - Mon Jul 21, 7:02 AM ET

    With wildfires raging on the West Coast of the United States and hurricane season approaching its busiest months, emergency workers should be checking their mobile satellite communications equipment to make sure they have adequate coverage, warns a Futron Corp. white paper.

  • Hurricane Fausto a category 2 storm AP - Mon Jul 21, 4:58 AM ET

    MIAMI - National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Fausto strengthens to category 2 in the Pacific.

  • Dr. Anna Pou talks during an interview in Metairie, La., Monday, July 14, 2008. Dr. Pou says new legislation designed to protect medical personnel during a disaster is a case of something good growing out of something bad. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    La. doctor cleared in patient deaths recalls storm AP - Mon Jul 21, 1:18 AM ET

    NEW ORLEANS - Trapped in a hospital with 2,000 people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Anna Pou recalls her throat burning from the rancid smell.

  • Power lines are snapped by the winds of Hurricane Dolly in Port Isabel, Texas July 23, 2008. (Joe Mitchell/Reuters)
    Tropical Storm Cristobal heads toward ocean AP - Mon Jul 21, 1:07 AM ET

    RALEIGH, N.C. - Tropical Storm Cristobal headed for the open Atlantic late Sunday as forecasters discontinued tropical storm warnings along the Carolinas.

  • Tropical Storm Dolly forms in western Caribbean AP - Sun Jul 20, 12:02 PM ET

    MIAMI - Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the western Caribbean sea.

  • Death toll in Taiwan storm rises to 19 AP - Sun Jul 20, 5:08 AM ET

    TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese officials say the death toll from flash floods triggered by Tropical Storm Kalmaegi has climbed to 19.

  • Moderate earthquake hits Indonesia's Central Java Reuters - Sun Jul 20, 4:53 AM ET

    JAKARTA (Reuters) - A quake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia's Central Java, but there was no tsunami risk or reports of damage, the country's meteorological agency said on Sunday.

  • Tropical storm leaves 18 dead in Taiwan Reuters - Sat Jul 19, 11:38 PM ET

    TAIPEI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Kalmaegi, killed 18 people and injured another eight, while seven are still missing after it hit the island, an official from the National Fire Agency said on Sunday.

  • Storm Cristobal forms off U.S., Bertha weakens Reuters - Sat Jul 19, 11:23 PM ET

    MIAMI (Reuters) - The third tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Cristobal, formed off the U.S. East Coast on Saturday, with gale-force winds and heavy rains expected to lash the Carolinas as the storm grazes the shoreline on a northeasterly path.

  • File photo shows a giant wave hitting the shores of Ilan county in eastern Taiwan. Thousands of workers have continued search and rescue operations after Tropical Storm Kalmaegi wreaked havoc across Taiwan, leaving at least 18 people dead and seven missing, officials said.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)
    Taiwan storm death toll rises to 18 AFP - Sat Jul 19, 7:03 AM ET

    TAIPEI (AFP) - Thousands of workers continued search and rescue operations Saturday after Tropical Storm Kalmaegi wreaked havoc across Taiwan, leaving at least 18 people dead and seven missing, officials said.

  • Bertha strengthens back to hurricane AP - Fri Jul 18, 4:51 PM ET

    MIAMI - Forecasters say Bertha has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane in the open Atlantic, but poses no threat to land.

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