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Dean Lashes Mexican Coast

Category 5 storm packs severe winds, but leaves no immediate deaths, damage

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 21, 2007 11:03 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Tearing into history as the most intense Atlantic storm to make landfall in two decades, Hurricane Dean today pounded the Yucatan peninsula, battering Mayan ruins and swinging toward oil rigs, the AP reports. Pummeling homes and trees in sparsely populated, mostly evacuated areas, the fierce Category 5 storm shrunk to a Category 3, and left no immediate deaths or major damage.

Jamaica and the Cayman Islands weren’t so lucky, suffering 12 deaths and severe damage. Mexican President Felipe Calderon will tour storm areas, some of which are still recovering from Hurricane Wilma, which slammed ashore two years ago. By the time Dean spirals toward the central Mexican coast tomorrow, forecasters say it will again be a muscular hurricane.

Fishermen work to remove a boat from the waters in front of Campeche, Mexico, in the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, as Hurricane Dean nears. Dean crashed into the Caribbean coast of Mexico on Tuesday as the strongest hurricane to hit land in the Atlantic region since 1988. (AP...
Fishermen work to remove a boat from the waters in front of Campeche, Mexico, in the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, as Hurricane Dean nears. Dean crashed into the Caribbean coast of Mexico...   (Associated Press)
A tree is seen on the ground ripped out as Hurricane Dean strikes the area in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, southeastern Mexico, in the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday Aug. 21, 2007. Hurricane Dean crashed into the Caribbean coast of Mexico on Tuesday as the strongest hurricane to hit land in the Atlantic...
A tree is seen on the ground ripped out as Hurricane Dean strikes the area in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, southeastern Mexico, in the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday Aug. 21, 2007. Hurricane Dean crashed into...   (Associated Press)
Strong wind blows against palm trees as Hurricane Dean strikes the area in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, southeastern Mexico, in the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday Aug. 21, 2007. Hurricane Dean crashed into the Caribbean coast of Mexico on Tuesday as the strongest hurricane to hit land in the Atlantic region since 1988....
Strong wind blows against palm trees as Hurricane Dean strikes the area in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, southeastern Mexico, in the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday Aug. 21, 2007. Hurricane Dean crashed into...   (Associated Press)
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows hurricane Dean as it approaches Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Monday Aug. 20, 2007 just before 18
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows hurricane Dean as it approaches Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Monday Aug. 20, 2007 just before 18   (Associated Press)
A group of Menonites rest at a improvised storm shelter in the city of Chetumal, Mexico as they wait for the arrival of hurricane Dean on Monday night Aug. 20, 2007. Hurricane Dean spared the Cayman Islands the worst of its fury on Monday as it headed for a collision...
A group of Menonites rest at a improvised storm shelter in the city of Chetumal, Mexico as they wait for the arrival of hurricane Dean on Monday night Aug. 20, 2007. Hurricane Dean spared the Cayman Islands...   (Associated Press)
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