CANCUN, Mexico (From AFP) - Hurricane Dean slammed into the Caribbean coast of Mexico with "potentially catastrophic" category-five force, lashing the Yucatan Peninsula with monstrous winds and pounding rains. Mexico evacuated resorts and oil rigs as the killer storm whipped up maximum sustained winds of 270 kilometers per hour with higher gusts.

This image was acquired over central Mexico where Hurricane Dean, reclassified as a tropical depression, devastated the area with torrential rains.

This image was acquired over the Caribbean Sea and Mexico, where Hurricane Dean devastated the area.

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