11 Facts About Hurricane Dean

Hurricane Dean was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season.

Hurricane Dean drifted to the northwest, weakening into a remnant low which dissipated uneventfully over the southwestern United States.

Hurricane Dean was the second-most intense tropical cyclone worldwide of 2007 in terms of pressure, only behind Cyclone George in the Australian region, and tied with Felix as the most intense worldwide in terms of 1-minute sustained winds.

Hurricane Dean warnings were issued for St Lucia, Dominica, Martinique and Guadeloupe and its dependencies.

Hurricane Dean warnings were issued for all of Jamaica, for Haiti from Port-au-Prince to the Dominican border, and for the Dominican Republic from Barahona to the Haitian border.

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Cayman Islands were expected to suffer badly if Hurricane Dean passed too close, and mandatory evacuations were instigated for the low-lying Little Cayman.

Hurricane Dean instructed the newly created Coastguard to evacuate popular tourist sites Caye Caulker and Ambergris Caye by boat and plane.

NASA cut short the STS-118 mission as a precaution, in case Dean approached Mission Control at the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Hurricane Dean damaged the roofs of two of the island's hospitals, but no-one was injured.

Hurricane Dean affected 248 roads, including 186 that were blocked: 10 were blocked in the Kingston metropolitan region, 14 sections were blocked in St Andrew, 43 roads were blocked in St Catherine, eight roads were blocked in the Western Region, and 110 roads were blocked in the Northeast region.

Rain from Hurricane Dean flooded several roads throughout Puerto Rico, and there was heavy surf along the island's coast, but no deaths or injuries were reported.