Mexico and Texas brace for hurricane

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The eye of Hurricane Dolly headed 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.

Dolly’s sustained winds of about 100 mph classified it as a Category 2 hurricane.

A hurricane warning is in effect for the coast of Texas from Brownsville to Corpus Christi and in Mexico from Rio San Fernando northward.

Read more on Hurricane Dolly here and below, watch Brownsville residents prepare for extreme weather conditions in the Associated Press dispatch below.

-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City