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On August 13, tropical depression four formed in the eastern Atlantic ocean off the coast of Africa. This tropical depression became organized as it moved west and was upgraded to tropical storm Dean. As Dean progressed westward, it continued to intensify and was classified as the first 2007 Atlantic hurricane on August 16. The hurricane passed into the Caribbean near Martinique and Saint Lucia as a Category 2 hurricane on August 17. Dean continued to strengthen and reached Category 5 status by late on August 20, and it made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane on August 21 on the Yucatán Penninsula of Mexico near Costa Maya in a sparsely populated area. After weakening over the peninsula, Dean passed again over open water in the southwestern part of the Gulf of Mexico, enabling it to strengthen back to a Category 2 hurricane before making landfall a second time near Tecolutla on August 22. Peak intensity was 270 km/hr (146 knots or 165 mph) with a minimum pressure of 906 mb.
National Hurricane Center
Names for 2007 Atlantic Storms:
Andrea,
Barry,
Chantal,
Dean,
Erin,
Felix,
Gabrielle,
Humberto,
Ingrid,
Jerry,
Karen,
Lorenzo,
Melissa,
Noel,
Olga,
Pablo,
Rebekah,
Sebastien,
Tanya,
Van,
Wendy
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