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• A resident tries to make his way through a flooded street 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.
• Ripped out trees are seen at a street in downtown Chetumal, southeastern Mexico in the Yucatan peninsula, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007. Hurricane Dean crashed into the Caribbean coast of Mexico on Tuesday as a roaring Category 5 hurricane, the most intense Atlantic storm to make landfall in two decades. It lashed ancient Mayan ruins and headed for the modern oil installations of the Yucatan Peninsula.
• 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.
• 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 region since 1988.
• Aug. 20: Residents of the coastal Bullbay neighborhood react while surveying the damage to their property, which was wiped out by the surge during the passing of Hurricane Dean near Jamaica.
• Aug. 20: A child walks by the rubble of a shop destroyed by the strong winds of Hurricane Dean in the south-central village of Mitchell Town, Jamaica, which avoided a direct hit when the storm passed to the south Sunday night and no deaths were reported.
• Aug. 20: Laseelles Swack, right, and his wife, Cameshae, recover their belongings after Hurricane Dean flattened their house in the south-central village of Mitchell Town, Jamaica.
• Aug. 20: A man drills a hole to bolt plywood to a window on his home in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Dean in Belize City, Belize.
• Aug. 20: Onlookers pass a car displaced by a tidal surge in the coastal neighborhood of Caribbean Terrace in Kingston, Jamaica.
• Aug. 20: A family inspects the damage outside their house in the coastal Bullbay neighborhood in Kingston after Hurricane Dean passed near Jamaica.
• Aug. 20: Norman Grant watches the empty lot left after his house was wiped out by the surge during Hurricane Dean near Jamaica. Jamaica avoided a direct hit when the storm passed to the south Sunday night.
• Aug. 19: A tree knocked down by the strong winds of Hurricane Dean is shown in front of the Pegasus hotel in Kingston, Jamaica.
• Aug. 19: The ocean level rises at the waterfront boulevard in downtown Kingston during the passing of Hurricane Dean near Jamaica.
• Aug. 19: Jamaicans run toward a shelter in Kingston as Hurricane Dean passed near Jamaica.
• Aug. 19: A photojournalist fights the wind to approach a waterfront boulevard in downtown Kingston during Hurricane Dean near Jamaica.
• Aug. 19: Young boys use an umbrella to block the wind while walking on a Kingston street during Hurricane Dean near Jamaica.
• Aug. 19: A tree is seen knocked down by the strong winds during from Hurricane Dean in downtown Kingston, Jamaica.