Dolly was expected to break up by Friday, and was centered about 35 miles south of Eagle Pass late this afternoon.

Residents across south Texas slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, avoided downed power lines and dug through debris but were thankful the storm didn't pack the wallop they had feared.

Downed power lines remained the greatest danger. Rain and wind from Dolly probably doomed much of the cotton crop in Texas' Rio Grande Valley.