Mighty hurricane advances on Mexico
Chris Kraul in Caracas
August 21, 2007

IMMENSE and dangerous, Hurricane Dean slammed into Jamaica's southern shore on Sunday evening, ripping roofs from buildings and flooding coastal areas, before whirling towards Mexico.

The storm had caused nine deaths across the Caribbean yesterday, and the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller, said she was very concerned about the eastern parish of St Thomas, with which the national disaster preparedness office lost contact.

The hurricane, the most powerful in the region this season, remained on a course that could take it to Mexico's busiest tourist zone, the Yucatan Peninsula, by late last night and early this morning. the rest

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