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Texas and Mexico brace for storm | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
Tropical Storm Dolly has grown into a Category One hurricane as it moves across the Gulf of Mexico towards the US-Mexican border, US forecasters say. | |
With winds up to 75mph (120km/h) Dolly is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, they say. | |
"Preparation to protect life and property should be rushed to completion," the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami says. | |
It is the second of the 2008 hurricane season, the NHC says. | |
At 2100 GMT on Tuesday the centre of Dolly was located about 165 miles (265km) south-east of Brownsville in Texas. | |
A hurricane warning remains in effect from Brownsville to Corpus Christi and along Mexico's north-east coast from Rio San Fernando north to the US border. | |
Dolly drenched popular tourist resorts on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula at the weekend but caused no damage. | 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 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. | 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. |