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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Powerful Dean Bolsters Busy Hurricane Season Forecasts


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Residents survey damage to the Mexican beach town of Majahual, which was struck by powerful Hurricane Dean on August 21, 2007.

In total, the storm is blamed for 20 deaths and more than 4.5 billion U.S. dollars in damage in Mexico and Jamaica.

Photograph by OMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty Images