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3 unusual facts about Hurricane Dean


Caribbean Women's Rugby Championship

The third championship was arranged to take place in the Cayman Islands, starting 19 August 2007, but was cancelled the day before it was due to start as a result of Hurricane Dean.

Pahuatlán

Much of the damage occurred in 2006 and 2007 as a result of Hurricanes Dean and Karl .

Tropical cyclones in 2007

Hurricane Dean - third strongest landfalling hurricane in the basin; also a Category 5 hurricane


American Society for Neurochemistry

Every 6 years the ASN helps organize a joint meeting with the International Society for Neurochemistry; in 2007 the joint meeting was scheduled to take place in Cancun, Mexico but was canceled due to Hurricane Dean.

Xaibe

Because of its location on the Caribbean coastline, it is vulnerable to tropical cyclones; Hurricane Janet and Hurricane Dean, both Category 5 storms, made landfall near Xaibe village in 1955 and 2007 respectively.


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Meteorological history of Hurricane Dean

The storm's strengthening pattern continued until Hurricane Dean made its second and final landfall at 1630 UTC August 22 near Tecolutla, Veracruz, just east of Gutiérrez Zamora and about 40 mi (65 km) south-southeast of Tuxpan.