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Dean Could Become Category 5

Storm tears across Caribbean, homes in on Jamaica, Mexico

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(Newser) – Hurricane Dean is now expected to strengthen into a Category 5 as it barrels toward Jamaica and Mexico. Forecasters say Dean, powered by 150-mph winds, will hit the Dominican Republic and Haiti today, after ploughing through homes and banana plantations on St. Lucia and Martinique yesterday.

Computer models say Dean will reach Category 5 before paying a call to Jamaica tomorrow—by Tuesday it could visit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula or the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico. Oil companies, anxiously watching Dean’s path, evacuated employees from offshore rigs. The 2007 hurricane season is expected to be more active than usual, Reuters reports, registering 16 named storms.

Rohan Wilson upload his van with water containers for a late distribution, in preparation for the arrival of hurricane Dean in Kingston, Jamaica, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. The powerful Category 4 hurricane, the first of the Atlantic season, was expected to move Saturday across warm waters toward Jamaica, after barreling...
Rohan Wilson upload his van with water containers for a late distribution, in preparation for the arrival of hurricane Dean in Kingston, Jamaica, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. The powerful Category 4 hurricane,...   (Associated Press)
Residents buy food and supplies in a grocery store as they prepare for the arrival of hurricane Dean in Kingston, Jamaica, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. The powerful Category 4 hurricane, the first of the Atlantic season, was expected to move Saturday across warm waters toward Jamaica, after barreling across the...
Residents buy food and supplies in a grocery store as they prepare for the arrival of hurricane Dean in Kingston, Jamaica, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. The powerful Category 4 hurricane, the first of the Atlantic...   (Associated Press)
killed three workers trying to rescue their comrades, authorities Friday conceded defeat to a mountain that appeared to be slowly crumbling. (AP Photo/Salt Lake Tribune, Chris Detrick)
killed three workers trying to rescue their comrades, authorities Friday conceded defeat to a mountain that appeared to be slowly crumbling. (AP Photo/Salt Lake Tribune, Chris Detrick)   (Associated Press)
Darrell Dean Platero prays at a candle light vigil Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, in Huntington, Utah. The collapse Thursday night killed three rescue workers and injured six others who were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach six men trapped since Aug. 6 after a massive cave-in. Crews on Friday...
Darrell Dean Platero prays at a candle light vigil Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, in Huntington, Utah. The collapse Thursday night killed three rescue workers and injured six others who were trying to tunnel...   (Associated Press)
Two drivers walk and talk together in the rain, while behind them water flows across a flooded bridge closed to traffic, after Hurricane Dean hit Martinique, outside Fort de France, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Two drivers walk and talk together in the rain, while behind them water flows across a flooded bridge closed to traffic, after Hurricane Dean hit Martinique, outside Fort de France, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007....   (Associated Press)
People walk through a flooded road, after Hurricane Dean hit Martinique, in Fort de France, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
People walk through a flooded road, after Hurricane Dean hit Martinique, in Fort de France, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)   (Associated Press)
Police officers block a bridge over the swollen Roseau River in the capital of the Caribbean island of Dominica after the pass of Hurricane Dean, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. Hurricane Dean roared across small eastern Caribbean islands Friday, tearing away roofs, flooding streets and killing at least three people as...
Police officers block a bridge over the swollen Roseau River in the capital of the Caribbean island of Dominica after the pass of Hurricane Dean, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. Hurricane Dean roared across small...   (Associated Press)
A man clears debris off a house, after Hurricane Dean hit Martinique, outside Fort de France, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
A man clears debris off a house, after Hurricane Dean hit Martinique, outside Fort de France, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)   (Associated Press)
With his face tatooed by the hurricane tracking map, Gov. Haley Barbour warns Mississippians to prepare a plan of action in case Hurricane Dean turns and threatens the Gulf Coast next week, at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
With his face tatooed by the hurricane tracking map, Gov. Haley Barbour warns Mississippians to prepare a plan of action in case Hurricane Dean turns and threatens the Gulf Coast next week, at a news...   (Associated Press)
Framed by a hurricane tracking map, Gil H. Jamieson, FEMA's associate deputy administrator-Gulf Coast Recovery, listens as Gov. Haley Barbour warns Mississippians to prepare a plan of action in case Hurricane Dean turns and threatens the Gulf Coast next week, at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Aug. 17,...
Framed by a hurricane tracking map, Gil H. Jamieson, FEMA's associate deputy administrator-Gulf Coast Recovery, listens as Gov. Haley Barbour warns Mississippians to prepare a plan of action in case Hurricane...   (Associated Press)
A group of boaters abandon a damaged and sinking pleasure craft in a rubber dinghy, right, after Hurricane Dean hit Martinique, in Fort de France, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
A group of boaters abandon a damaged and sinking pleasure craft in a rubber dinghy, right, after Hurricane Dean hit Martinique, in Fort de France, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)   (Associated Press)
A boat sinks as it takes on water amid debris, after Hurricane Dean hit Martinique, in Fort de France, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
A boat sinks as it takes on water amid debris, after Hurricane Dean hit Martinique, in Fort de France, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)   (Associated Press)
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Dean in the Atlantic Ocean, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007 at 11
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Dean in the Atlantic Ocean, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007 at 11   (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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