A tropical storm warning was issued in the lower Rio Grande valley along the border, from south of Baffin Bay, Texas to Rio San Fernando, Mexico. The warning signaled the storm could make landfall within the next 24 hours. And then,, a tropical depression churned over Mexico’s border with Texas on Thursday (July 08), dumping heavy rains on the already badly flooded region, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

“It’s difficult to describe,I was born and raised on the Mississippi River, but people here are used to just a small stream.” said Jerry Archer, manager of Rio Grande Plaza Hotel.

Garza said that “he was confident the combination of U.S. and Mexican emergency channels would siphon off enough water to avert the threat to Matamoros downstream. But some questioned why dam levels along the river and its tributaries were kept so high before the rains hit. The problem is, we had rainfall beyond historic levels, “

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