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• Category 5 hurricane Dean hit the Yucatan Peninsula on August 21, 2007. It weakened, but then strengthened over the Gulf of Mexico, and was a category 2 when it made landfall a second time at Tecoluta on Augst 22. The hurricane was downgraded to a tropical depression on August 23, 2007. Dean was responsible for about 40 deaths in Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean region.

• Fast Facts

  1. Formed: August 13, 2007Weather.com: Hurricane Dean
  2. August 16: First 2007 Atlantic hurricaneWeather.com: Hurricane Dean
  3. Landfall: August 21, near Costa Maya, MexicoWeather.com: Hurricane Dean
  4. Dissipated: August 23
  5. Storm intensity: Category 5 (worst)
  6. Peak sustained winds: 165mphWeather.com: Hurricane Dean
  7. Gusts: Up to 200mphBoston.com: Dean third-most intense hurricane ever (August 22, 2007)
  8. Casualties: 40Weather.com: Hurricane Dean
  9. Third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to hit land since records began in the 1850sBoston.com: Dean third-most intense hurricane ever (August 22, 2007)

• Storm Facts

  1. Tropical depression: A group of thunderstorms, winds between 23 and 39mph WW2010: Tropical Depression
  2. Sustained winds of 39mph+: Tropical stormFox News: Tropical Storm Erin Drenches Texas... (August 16, 2007)
  3. Sustained winds of 74mph+: HurricaneFox News: Tropical Storm Erin Drenches Texas... (August 16, 2007)
  4. Eye: Calmest point in hurricane
  5. Hurricane scale: Categories 1-5 (5 is the worst)
  6. US category 5 hurricanes: Florida Keys (1935) and Camille (1969)WW2010: Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Damage Potential Scale

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