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Dolly Weakens As It Moves Inland
UPDATE: Could become tropical depression later Thursday
The Associated Press
July 24, 2008, 4:31 AM PDT
MIAMI —
Tropical Storm Dolly is expected to
weaken to a tropical depression today after drenching parts of
south Texas with a foot of rain and possibly much more.
Dolly slammed ashore yesterday as a Category Two hurricane,
packing 100-mile-an-hour winds. It moved slowly westward while
dumping heavy rain.
The National Hurricane Center this morning has Dolly centered
about 95 miles northwest of Brownsville, Texas. Its winds have
dropped to 60 miles-per-hour.
Thousands of people have moved into shelters. One woman and her
family decided not to, but were later forced to flee their mobile
home for a relative's house when the trailer became too wobbly. She
says they "didn't know it would be this bad."
Copyright © 2008, The Associated Press
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