What's left of Hurricane Dolly causes flooding in El Paso

EL PASO, Texas — The remnants of Hurricane Dolly were moving through El Paso on Saturday, bringing a downpour of rain that has closed streets and flooded homes. The rain started around midnight Friday and began moving to the northeast on Saturday, said John Park, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. But he said that even as the remnants from Dolly move out, moisture brought in by the hurricane was expected to bring showers and thunderstorms over the next two days. He said some areas of El Paso have gotten as much as 3 inches of rain. The city of El Paso said in a news release that street crews were pumping water from flooded streets and removing debris that washed onto roads. The city says it has received 17 reports of flooding in homes. There were 10 reports of street flooding. A spokeswoman for the Texas... [read full story]