Dean hits Yucatan, misses tourist spots and weakens
A resident tries to make his way through a flooded street in Chetumal,southeastern Mexico in the Yucatan peninsula, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 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.
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A couple watches vehicles driving up a flooded street after the passage of Hurricane Dean in Chetumal, 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.
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Soldiers check a destroyed house after Hurricane Dean passed in Majahual, southeastern Mexico in the Yucatan peninsula, Tuesday, Aug. 21 2007. The eye of the storm made landfall near Majahual, a popular port with cruise liners, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) east-northeast of Chetumal and the Belize border.
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A woman covers herself with a plastic poncho while walking in heavy rains in Sabancuy, Mexico, in the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, as Hurricane Dean passes. Hurricane Dean swept across the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, toppling trees, power lines and houses as it bore down on the heart of Mexico's oil industry.
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