Photo: Hurricane Dean Bears Down on Mexico



Hurricane Dean slammed Jamaica's southern coast Sunday (including Kingston, above) with winds of up to 140 miles (225 kilometers) an hour.


The Category 4 storm is expected to pick up speed as it makes a beeline for Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.


Photograph by Andres Leighton/AP

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