HURRICANE DEAN UPDATE 05:30 Hrs USA CDT August 21, 2007
Category 5 - The highest level of Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson devastation scale... That is what has made landfall in the Yucatan Penninsula of Mexico. Current winds are at 165 miles per hour with gusting to just under 200 miles per hour.
This catastrophic, deadly storm will move across the Penninsula today and re-emerge into the southern Gulf of Mexico where it will continue on it's westerly track and make a second Mexico landfall near coordinates 20 North by 96.5 West on Mexico's eastern Gulf Coast.
Persons in coastal areas of southeastern Texas can expect very high winds, significant rainfall, localized flooding, some storm surge and beach errosion from the right quadrant of this hurricane.
Our next scheduled update will be Wednesday morning at around 05:30 AM CDT. Until then, use the link below for official updates and information.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Thanks to Acral for the comparative information and for the update !
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