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• July 24: Hotel employees look at the damage caused by Hurricane Dolly at the South Padre Beach Resort in South Padre Island, Texas. Dolly made landfall Wednesday.
• July 24: David Neill climbs out of an overturned camper in South Padre Island, Texas.
• July 24: A tarantula clings to a fence to escape the flood waters from Hurricane Dolly in San Benito, Texas.
• July 24: Tammy Hausler sits on her porch surrounded by flood waters, waiting for her husband to return from checking on his business in San Benito, Texas.
• July 24: Dulce Martinez and Adrian Palomares walk through a flooded street to their house after Hurricane Dolly in San Benito, Texas.
• July 24: Residents walk through the parking lot of their apartment complex where portions of their roof damaged by Hurricane Dolly are scattered in South Padre Island, Texas.
• July 24: Emilio Garcia, Jesse Cano and Albert De La Torre with the City of Brownsville Greens Division clean up palm fronds.
• July 24: Mark Gilbert cleans up debris left after Hurricane Dolly as Little Dixie looks on from his shoulder in South Padre Island, Texas.
• July 24: Residents drive through a flooded street after Hurricane Dolly passed through Harlingen, Texas.
• July 23: Police patrol the streets as Hurricane Dolly bears down on South Padre Island, Texas.
• July 23: Louis Balderas Jr. takes a picture of the waves as Hurricane Dolly makes landfall in Texas.
• July 22: Mexican Navy sailors walk at the Playa Bagdad beach near the border city of Matamoros, Mexico in preparation for Hurricane Dolly.
• July 23: The sign outside Bahia Mar Resort sits on the ground after being blown over as Hurricane Dolly made landfall.
• July 23: Ren Garcia walks his dog, Buddy, through downtown Brownsville, Texas, as Hurricane Dolly approaches the Rio Grande Valley.
• July 23: Palm trees blow in the wind as Hurricane Dolly makes landfall in South Padre Island, Texas.
• July 22: Dora and Ernesto Guevara watch as a storm surge from Hurricane Dolly washes up on Whitecap Drive in Padre Island, Corpus Christi, Texas as the hurricane makes its way though the Gulf of Mexico. The Guevaras were just few of the hundred of spectators to make there way to Padre Island to view the hurricanes surge.
• July 22: Luis Paredes and his son Manuel Paredes board up the windows at their restaurant in preparation for Hurricane Dolly in Brownsville, Texas. Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause massive flooding and levee breaks.
• July 22: City workers board up the windows of a makeshift shelter in the border city of Matamoros, Mexico in preparation for the arrival of Tropical Storm Dolly. Forecasters said Dolly was expected to make land late Tuesday or early Wednesday as a hurricane with sustained winds of 74 mph to 95 mph, 120 kph to 152 kph.
• July 22: Spc. Hans Tarrago, left, and Spc. Billy D. Williams transfer diesel fuel from one vehicle to another as members of the 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team prepare to head out to assist in hurricane preparedness as Tropical Storm Dolly heads towards the south Texas coast area in Houston, Texas.
• July 22: The Rocha family retreat to their vehicle at Padre Balli Park in Corpus Christi, Texas as a rain band pushes in from the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters say Dolly was expected to dump 15 to 20 inches of rain and bring coastal storm surge flooding of 4 to 6 feet above normal high tide levels.
• July 22: This NOAA satellite image taken 1:15 a.m. EDT Tuesday shows Tropical Storm Dolly in the Gulf of Mexico where it is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall in southern Texas. Clouds in the Midwest are also visible where thunderstorms continue to drop heavy rain.
• July 22: This satellite image provided by NOAA and taken at 1:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday shows Tropical Storm Dolly churning in the Gulf Of Mexico. Tropical storm warnings were issued for surrounding areas and the Texas governor has declared 14 counties disaster areas, allowing state resources to be used to send equipment and emergency workers needed to the areas in the storm's path.
• July 22: Paul Wentzel boards up windows on his shop as Tropical Storm Dolly approaches the South Texas coast in Port Isabel, Texas. Dolly is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall Wednesday.
• July 22: Jesus de Leon packs his family's belongings as his daughter Salma, 8, waits in the car as Tropical Storm Dolly approaches the South Texas coast in South Padre Island, Texas.
• July 22: Cars leaving South Padre Island crowd the outgoing side of the bridge as Tropical Storm Dolly approaches the South Texas coast in Port Isabel, Texas. Dolly is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall Wednesday.
• July 22: This satellite image provided by the NOAA shows Tropical Storm Dolly as it approaches the Coasts of Texas and Mexico at 4:45 a.m. EDT. Forecaster say the storm may reach hurricane strength later this week.
• July 21: Michael Gorsline moves around to board up the third window on a back room of his home in Corpus Christi. Gorsline said he wanted to be prepared in case Tropical Storm Dolly strengthened and made landfall in the Coastal Bend area.
• July 21: A sign warns drivers to fill their gas tanks to prepare for Tropical Storm Dolly as traffic flows north on the Crosstown Expressway towards downtown Corpus Christi.
• July 21: Michael Gorsline drills a board into place as Rhonda Michael holds it steady at their home in Corpus Christi. Gorsline said he wanted to be prepared in case tropical storm Dolly strengthened and made land fall in the Coastal Bend area.
• July 21: Brownsville Police Officer Pedro Dominguez mounts a piece of plywood over his house's window in preparation for Tropical Storm Dolly in Brownsville, Texas. Dominguez said the last time he had to board up his house was about four years ago and that he was preparing Monday because he does not know what his schedule will be like if the storm hits.
• July 21: Brownsville Police Officer Pedro Dominguez carries a ladder after mounting plywood over his home's windows in preparation for Tropical Storm Dolly in Brownsville, Texas. Dominguez said the area has not been hit by a major storm in his lifetime but it is better to be prepared.