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Hurricane in Mexico

Hurricane Dean made landfall earlier on 21 August around 08:30 local time on the East coast of the Yucatan Peninsula near Costa Maya, about 65 km East-North-East of Chetumal in Mexico. When hitting Mexico, Hurricane Dean was classified a category 5 cyclone. 11 people were reported dead.  

Type of Event:Hurricane
Location of Event:Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Date of Charter Activation:21/08/2007 13:08 UTC
Charter Requestor:USGS
Project Management:CATHALAC-SERVIR in Panama

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Dean 20-23 August07 Rainfall Perspective

Copyright: Credits: NASA, NOAA 2007 Image processing, map created 23/08/2007 by CATHALAC.

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Acquired: 20-23/08/2007 Precipitation over the Yucatan Peninsula.

Source: TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission); GOES

Vegetation, Yucatan Peninsula

Copyright: Credits: Belize Land Information Centre, INEGI, NASA, NOAA, SEMARNAT, USGS 2007 Image processing, map created 23/08/2007 by CATHALAC.

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Acquired: 08/2007 Vegetation affected by the hurricane.

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Settlements, Yucatan Peninsula

Copyright: Credits: Belize Land Information Centre, INEGI, NOAA, SEMARNAT, TNC 2007 Image processing, map created 21/08/2007 by CATHALAC.

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Acquired: 08/2007 Settlements of over 1000 people in the path of the hurricane.

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Honduras

Copyright: Credits: NASA 2007 Image processing, map created 24/08/2007 by CATHALAC.

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Acquired: 22/08/2007 Sediments from rivers such as the Claura, Patuca and Chapagua travelled as far as 40km, as seen on this image captured by MODIS two days after Dean hovered north of the coast of Honduras.

Source: MODIS

GOES animation, Hurricane Dean Animation created 21/08/2007 by USGS

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Precipitation in the Caribbean

Copyright: Credits: NASA, NOAA 2007 Image processing, map created 23/08/2007 by CATHALAC.

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Acquired: 15-21/08/2007 Precipitation along the path of the hurricane.

Source: TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission); GOES

Accumulated Precipitation

Copyright: Credits: NASA, NOAA 2007 Image processing, map created 23/08/2007 by CATHALAC.

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Acquired: 15-21/08/2007 Precipitation over the Yucatan Peninsula.

Source: TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission); GOES

Chetumal Bay

Copyright: NASA 2007 Image processing, map created 24/08/2007 by CATHALAC.

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Acquired: 15-22/08/2007 The colour of Chetumal Bay changed from blue to white following passage of the hurricane.

Source: MODIS on Terra

Chinchorro

Copyright: NASA 2007 Image processing, map created 24/08/2007 by CATHALAC.

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Acquired: 15-22/08/2007 Banco Chinchorro Atoll was directly in the path of Dean, as well as a large expanse of coastal mangroves and wetlands.

Source: MODIS on Terra

This map shows elevation areas in northern Belize, also hit by Hurricane Dean.

Copyright: UNOSAT
Image processing, map created 22/08/2007 by UNOSAT.

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Acquired: 22/08/2007

Source: SRTM/USGS/GIST, resolution 90m

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