Veracruz, five from a ship capsizing near Boca del Río and another after a person was caught in an undertow offshore Úrsulo Galván. Two landslides in northern Puebla left roads impassable, isolating some communities such as Tlatlauquitepec. Hundreds of homes were destroyed leaving 35,000 people homeless and there was severe damage in Tuxpan, Tamiahua, Pueblo Viejo, Platon, Pánuco, Tampico Alto, and elsewhere along the coast of northeast Mexico. In Nuevo León, the storm caused four fatalities, including one in the city of Monterrey. The place with the most rainfall received in a 24-hour-period was in Micos, which observed 12.94 in (329 mm) of rain. Some other high rainfall recordings were in Santa Rosa, which recorded 10.59 in (270 mm), and Puerto de Valles, which received 10 in (254 mm) of rain. Although well south of the storm's path, precipitation from Dolly peaked at in Iguala de la Independencia, Guerrero, making it the wettest tropical cyclone on record in Guerrero. In Sinaloa, three fatalities occurred, two when two people stepped into a puddle of water electrified by a downed power line and another from a weather-related traffic accident. According to newspaper reports, 14 people died in the storm's passage. An additional two people from Nuevo León were reported to be missing. Texas Though far from the United States, Dolly managed to bring heavy rain and high winds to southern Texas. Weekly rainfall totals in Corpus Christi reached 5.53 in (141 mm) and 2.82 in (71.6 mm) in Brownsville. Corpus Christi daily rainfall measurements on August 23 and August 24 were as high as 1.92 in (48.8 mm) and 2.55 in (64.8 ), respectively, a new daily record. The beach at the Padre Island National Seashore was closed after high tides began flooding the beaches and the John F. Kennedy Causeway, though other facilities such as the campground remained open. A tornado was spawned near Olmito, damaging a few homes and unroofing two others. Later, while passing north of Rancho Viejo, the twister inflicted impact on 10 dwellings and knocked over trees and signs. See also Other storms of the same name Hurricane Earl (2016) Hurricane Franklin References External links Dolly 1996 Tropical Cyclone Report Dolly 1996 Rainfall Report The Caribbean Hurricane Page Dolly 1996 in Mexico Dolly (1996) August 1996 events Hurricanes in Sinaloa Hurricanes in Quintana Roo Hurricanes in Guerrero Hurricanes in Nuevo León Hurricanes in Veracruz Hurricanes in Yucatán