Dean downgraded to Category 3
21/08/2007 - 13:48:33The US National Hurricane Centre says Hurricane Dean had weakened to a Category 3 storm with top sustained winds of 125 mph.
Earlier, Hurricane Dean ploughed into the Caribbean coast of Mexico today as a roaring Category 5 hurricane, lashing ancient Mayan ruins and heading for modern oil installations.
Hurricane specialist Daniel Brown, of the US National Hurricane Centre, said the eye of the storm reached the coast and officials were working to pinpoint the exact location near Chetumal.
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