Storm Dolly to become hurricane, expected to hit Texas

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A hurricane watch was issued yesterday for the southern Texas coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, as Tropical Storm Dolly worked her way toward that area from Mexico.

Dolly was 475 miles southeast of the border, where it was due to hit Wednesday near Brownsville, well away from sensitive offshore drilling rigs and production platforms.

The United States has largely escaped the last two Atlantic hurricane seasons, with just one hurricane -- Humberto in November 2007 -- making landfall.

Read here for the full update on Tropical Storm Dolly from Reuters.

-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City