Tacked up on a wall next to the Salado del Presidente were two jaunty sombreros, one in pink and one in green.

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Flood warnings have also been issued for the San Antonio River, Medina River and Salado Creek, all of which are above flood stage.

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As the outlet linking this sea to the ocean became blocked, the sea began to evaporate slowly, leaving behind the mineral and saline deposits of the so-called Salado Formation.

ECONOMIST: Old salts

Russell Vreeland and William Rosenzweig, biologists at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, together with their colleague Dennis Powers, a geologist, started analysing Salado salt crystals in the hopes of finding some biological record of this bygone time.

ECONOMIST: Old salts