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17 August 2007:
Hurricane Dean was strengthening as it passed between Martinique and Saint Lucia as a category 2 hurricane. Within days, Dean was upgraded to category 4.

20 August 2007:
Dean was upgraded to a category 5 hurricane, and predictions were that it would maintain this strength until landfall in Mexico.

21 August 2007:
Hurricane Dean made landfall as a category 5 hurricane near Costa Maya on the Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico. This was the first category 5 Atlantic currican landfall since Andrew in 1992.