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Dolly Becomes a Hurricane

Posted Jul 22, 08 5:06 PM CDT in Science & Health,  US 

(Newser) – Tropical Storm Dolly got a promotion this afternoon, becoming the second named hurricane of the season, the Galveston County Daily News reports. The new hurricane is moving northwest over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico at 10mph and is expected to make landfall sometime tomorrow. If current models prevail, the storm will collide with the Texas-Mexico border, Reuters reports.

Sources Daily News (Galveston Co., Texas), Reuters

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Rick Snowden carries his surfboard along the beach as Tropical Storm Dolly approaches the South Texas coast Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in South Padre Island, Texas.   (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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. Dolly became a hurricane later in the afternoon.   (AP Photo/NOAA)
Sunbathers soak up the last few rays before a rain band associated with Tropical Storm Dolly moves over them at Padre Balli Park in Padre Island, Texas, on Tuesday, July 22, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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