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Storm heads to Texas and Mexico | |
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US forecasters have issued hurricane warnings for parts of the Texan and Mexican coasts as Tropical Storm Dolly moves across the Gulf of Mexico. | |
A warning is in effect from Brownsville to Port O'Connor in Texas and along Mexico's north-east coast from Rio San Fernando north to the US border. | |
Hurricane conditions could be expected within the next 24 hours, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. | |
Dolly is expected to reach land later on Tuesday or early Wednesday. | |
At 0900 GMT on Tuesday the centre of Dolly was located about 295 miles (475km) south-east of Brownsville, the National Hurricane Center said. | |
Maximum sustained winds were close to 60mph (95km/h). | |
"Dolly is expected to become a hurricane prior to landfall," the NHC said. | |
Dolly drenched popular tourist resorts on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula at the weekend but caused no damage. | |
The governor of Texas, Rick Perry, has put 1,200 National Guard troops and other emergency crews on alert. | |
The NHC has forecast that this year's hurricane season, which runs until November, could be especially active with up to nine hurricanes and 12 tropical storms. |