Hurricane Dean - San Miguel de Allende

Hurricane Dean is the most intense tropical storm in the Atlantic Basin since Hurricane Wilma of 2005. It passed just to the south of Jamaica on August 20 causing major damage to homes, roads and businesses. The storm hit the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico around 3:30 am on Tuesday in the area of Chetumal. The big resort areas of the northern Yucatan coast, including Cancun, were spared a direct hit. Belize also received strong winds and rains. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Dean made a second Mexican landfall Wednesday afternoon near the town of Tecolutla in the Veracruz State as a Category 2 storm with top sustained winds of 100 mph. Dean's projected path is 400 miles south of Texas. Mexico and Texas coasts will experience large and potentially destructive waves, and the large quantity of rain is predicted to bring flooding to areas surrounding the storm.