Hurricane Dolly (2008) Paso, Texas metropolitan area on the morning of July 26<ref name="Dolly's Remnant Low Holds Together: Causing West Texas/Desert SW Flooding"></ref> and then north across New Mexico. The remnant low of Dolly finally began to dissipate late in the evening of July 27 approximately west-northwest of Dalhart, Texas. On July 20, the Mexican government issued a tropical storm warning for the Yucatán Peninsula from Campeche to the international border with Belize. A few hours later, Belize's government issued a tropical storm watch from Belize City to the Mexican border. That same morning, the Quintana Roo Civil Protection authorities in Chetumal declared
Bertha Becker from the American Geographical Society, an honorary doctorate from the University of Lyon, and the Carlos Chagas Filho Scientific Merit award. In 2006, she had been elected a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Bertha Becker died in Rio de Janeiro on July 13, 2013, at the age of 82. Bertha Becker Bertha Koiffmann Becker (November 7, 1930 – July 13, 2013) was a Brazilian geographer, author and professor emeritus at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She published more than 180 books, articles, and other works during her career. Much of her research dealt with issues affecting