HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) -- Forecasters say Dolly has weakened to a tropical depression with 35 mph winds as it moves north over Texas.

Dolly was expected to break up by Friday, and was centered about 35 miles south of Eagle Pass at 5 p.m. EDT.

Residents across South Texas slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, tiptoed around downed power lines and dug through debris but were thankful that the storm didn't pack the wallop they had feared. The downed power lines remained the greatest danger. Rain and wind from Dolly probably doomed much of the cotton crop in Texas' Rio Grande Valley.