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NEWS ABOUT: Yucatan Peninsula

Yucatan Peninsula stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - As drug violence soars in Mexico, casualties are spreading to the Yucatan peninsula, a major tourist destination and spring break hot spot. Twelve decapitated bodies were found near the popular ruins of Chichen Itza this week, the Los Angeles Times reports. That's because a government crackdown has heightened “a... More »

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military • Mexico • police • Felipe Calderon • drug trafficking • violence • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Yucatan Peninsula • Bill Maher Grid

Dean to Make Last Stand

Storm strong on course to return to Mexico

Aug 22, 07 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Dean gathered serious strength in preparation for its final landfall in the Mexican city of Tuxpan later today, and its 90mph winds may increase further before touchdown. The storm smashed the Yucatan yesterday, then moved across the Bay of Campeche and its oil rigs, which were evacuated ahead of... More »

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Mexico • storm • flood • Hurricane Dean • Yucatan Peninsula • Guatemala • Bay of Campeche • Tuxpan

Dean Lashes Mexican Coast

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

Aug 21, 07 11:03 AM CDT
(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... More »

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weather • Mexico • Atlantic Ocean • Felipe Calderon • storm • hurricane • Cancun • Mayan • Hurricane Dean • Yucatan Peninsula • Gulf of Mexico • Chetumal • Majahual • Bay of Campeche • Hurricane Wilma

Dean Makes Landfall in Mexico

Storm that rattled Caribbean arrives in the Yucatán

Aug 21, 07 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ferocious Hurricane Dean struck Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula early this morning as it moved west from Jamaica. Winds of over 160mph, above the threshold for a Category 5 storm, are expected to batter seaside towns and tourist destinations on the Maya Riviera. Mexican officials have evacuated local residents, oil... More »

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Mexico • storm • Jamaica • Haiti • hurricane • Hurricane Dean • St. Lucia • Dominican Republic • Yucatan Peninsula • Dominica

Hurricane Dean Heads for Mexico

Thousands flee as Category 5 storm approaches resorts

Aug 20, 07 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Mayan Riviera emptied today as tens of thousands fled before Hurricane Dean, which has already killed nine and will likely be a Category 5 by the time it hits the Yucatan Peninsula tomorrow. Tourist destinations in the area are still recovering from 2005’s Hurricane Wilma, and beach resorts... More »

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weather • Mexico • storm • Belize • hurricane • Hurricane Dean • Yucatan Peninsula • Gulf of Mexico

Dean Could Become Category 5

Storm tears across Caribbean, homes in
on Jamaica, Mexico

Aug 18, 07 11:00 AM CDT
(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. More »

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oil • Mexico • storm • Jamaica • Haiti • Caribbean • hurricane • Hurricane Dean • St. Lucia • Martinique • Dominican Republic • Yucatan Peninsula • Gulf of Mexico

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