Dallas County confirms a tenth person has died after contracting the West Nile virus.

Officials say the victim was a woman in her 90s with underlying health problems. She lived in the  75229 zip code.

Dallas announced a new all-out offensive in the war against mosquitoes, with enhanced truck spraying for three nights starting Monday night and aerial spraying beginning at dusk on Thursday.

Even with the enhanced ground spraying, aerial spraying in Dallas could start on Thursday with two specialized planes spraying parts of Dallas County from above.

• Posted: 2012 Aug 14 at 05:36
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