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Hurricane Dean Threatens Caribbean, Keeps Growing

Storm heads through Caribbean, may hit U.S

By Heather McPherson,  Newser User

Posted Aug 17, 2007 8:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – Hurricane Dean is ripping through the eastern Caribbean, strengthening as it goes. The Atlantic's first hurricane of the year is passing between St. Lucia and Martinique, where residents have boarded up windows and stocked up on supplies. Next on Dean's agenda: Jamaica, and possibly Texas.

Dean is now a Category 2 hurricane—with 100mph winds—but is expected strengthen to a Category 4 as it passes over warm water. In Texas, there's no guarantee of a visit from Dean, but people are getting ready just the same. "It's so far out, but it's not too early to start preparing," says a spokesman for Gov.Rick Perry.

Levi Thompson, right, and Sherwin Wade, board windows of a store in Bridgetown, Barbados, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007 as preparations began for the arrival of Hurricane Dean. Islanders went door-to-door Thursday to warn neighbors of Hurricane Dean, which spun toward the Caribbean packing 100 mph winds and threatens to strengthen...
Levi Thompson, right, and Sherwin Wade, board windows of a store in Bridgetown, Barbados, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007 as preparations began for the arrival of Hurricane Dean. Islanders went door-to-door Thursday...   (Associated Press)
Map shows paths of tropical depression Erin and Hurricane Dean; 2c x 3 1/8 inches; 2c x 3 1/8 inches; 96.3 mm x 79.4 mm
Map shows paths of tropical depression Erin and Hurricane Dean; 2c x 3 1/8 inches; 2c x 3 1/8 inches; 96.3 mm x 79.4 mm   (Associated Press)
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Dean at 16
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Dean at 16   (Associated Press)
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