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South Texas gets first look at Dolly’s damage

By the ASSOCIATED PRESSBROWNSVILLE, Texas — Residents and recovery teams began fanning out across south Texas Thursday and cars crept along roads with darkened stoplights as the region got its first look at the destruction left by Hurricane Dolly.Traffic picked up on local roads littered with debris as people emerged for the first time in [...]

SW La. could see rain, wind from Dolly

Update from the National Weather Service in Lake Charles as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday:“For today, we are expecting 0.50 to 1.00 inch of rain along and south of I-10. The highest rain totals will be located across Jefferson and Orange counties in southeast Texas.“Winds will be blowing from the southeast at 10 to 15 mph, [...]

Hurricane Dolly makes landfall in South Texas

By the ASSOCIATED PRESSBROWNSVILLE, Texas — Hurricane Dolly gathered strength and slammed into the South Texas coast Wednesday with punishing rain and winds of 100 mph, blowing down signs, damaging an apartment complex and knocking out power to thousands.But local officials’ greatest fear — that the levees holding back the Rio Grande would fail and [...]

Texas, Mexico prepare for Tropical Storm Dolly

By the ASSOCIATED PRESSMcALLEN, Texas — Texas mobilized National Guard troops, and residents along the Gulf Coast near the Mexican border were buying plywood, flashlights and gasoline. Tropical Storm Dolly gained strength Tuesday over the Gulf on its way to becoming a hurricane before it hits land.Hurricane warnings were in effect for parts of the [...]

Tropical Storm approaches Gulf

STAFF AND WIRE REPORTSTropical Storm Dolly drenched Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday and was expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico today on a track that could have it making a second landfall in Texas.Dolly, the fourth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, sped toward the Cancun area on Sunday packing sustained winds near [...]

Fausto becomes hurricane far off Mexico’s Pacific coast

By the ASSOCIATED PRESSMEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Fausto became a hurricane Friday far off Mexico’s Pacific coast, while two other tropical storms moved across open seas.The National Hurricane Center in Miami said none of the storms was expected to threaten land.Hurricane Fausto had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. The storm’s center was about [...]

Map out hurricane plan

BRAD PUCKETT / AMERICAN PRESSVeronica Mosgrove with the state Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness introduces the Get A Game Plan public service announcement campaign on Thursday at the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office. With her are Gov. Bobby Jindal, State Police Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson and Sheriff Tony Mancuso. Miles tapes PSA encouraging families [...]

Tropical Storm Bertha still active

Tropical Storm Bertha headed back out over open ocean and away from the U.S. mainland Tuesday after it battered Bermuda, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island.

Last year’s blog

The 2007 hurricane blog, although inactive now, is still available by clicking this link.The old blog contains many links and tips which are still useful today. It will remain up through the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season.

Bertha expected to fade

According to the Associated Press, forecasters say Hurricane Bertha could begin to weaken within the next couple of days. As of 4 a.m. CDT Tuesday, the center of the storm was about 675 miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and about 1,035 miles southeast of Bermuda.

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