| 5 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago Hello Dolly! Hurricane downgraded to Category 1 storm
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(NECN/ABC) - Hurricane Dolly has been downgraded to a Category 1 storm, but not before it slammed into the South Texas coast with heavy rain and winds of 100 mph. The storm knocked out power to thousands.
Fears that levees holding back the Rio Grande would fail and cause massive flooding have eased, however, some say it is still very early in the storm.
Most of the destruction was on South Padre Island, a beach resort town on a barrier island off the Texas coast. Part of an apartment complex roof collapsed, and a hotel sign blew off. The causeway linking the island to the mainland was closed.
A 17-year-old boy fell from a seventh-story balcony, injuring his head, breaking his hip and fracturing his leg, said Dan Quandt, spokesman for South Padre Island emergency operations. He was being treated at an island fire station.
ABC's Lindsey Davis has the latest update on Dolly.
*Material from the Associated Press used in this report*
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