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| Hurricane Dean has moved offshore after lashing Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and Belize, toppling trees and houses and bringing torrential rain. | Hurricane Dean has moved offshore after lashing Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and Belize, toppling trees and houses and bringing torrential rain. |
| Major tourist resorts were not directly hit, but indigenous Mayan villages were exposed to its full force. There are no reports of deaths in Mexico so far. | |
| Dean was a Category Five hurricane, the highest level, when it made landfall, but later weakened to Category One. | Dean was a Category Five hurricane, the highest level, when it made landfall, but later weakened to Category One. |
| It should strengthen as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico to make landfall again. | It should strengthen as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico to make landfall again. |
| At 0300 GMT, Dean was moving north-west across the gulf with winds of 80mph (130km/h). | |
| Mexico's state oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, has evacuated workers and shut down all offshore oil and gas facilities in the oil-rich gulf. | Mexico's state oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, has evacuated workers and shut down all offshore oil and gas facilities in the oil-rich gulf. |
| Dean is expected to hit Mexico again at about 1300 (1800 GMT) on Wednesday between Veracruz and Tampico. | Dean is expected to hit Mexico again at about 1300 (1800 GMT) on Wednesday between Veracruz and Tampico. |
| 'On guard' | 'On guard' |
| US National Hurricane Center (UHC) spokesman Jamie Rhome warned residents not to let their guard down before Dean's return. | US National Hurricane Center (UHC) spokesman Jamie Rhome warned residents not to let their guard down before Dean's return. |
| In pictures: Mexico deluged Relief in Cancun | In pictures: Mexico deluged Relief in Cancun |
| "We often see that when a storm weakens, people let down their guard completely. You shouldn't do that," he told Associated Press news agency. | "We often see that when a storm weakens, people let down their guard completely. You shouldn't do that," he told Associated Press news agency. |
| The eye of the storm came ashore over the Yucatan Peninsula, about 170 miles (270km) south of Cancun, early on Tuesday in a sparsely populated area near the town of Majahual, where hundreds of homes were destroyed. | |
| It lashed low-lying Mayan communities, and rain, poor communications and impassable roads made it hard to establish how they had fared in the storm. | |
| President Felipe Calderon, who cut short his visit to Canada for the Nafta summit to go to the affected areas, said relief efforts would focus on these communities. | |
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| Ancient Mayan ruins were also in the hurricane's path, but officials from Mexico's National Anthropology and History Institute told AP that none of the archaeological sites in Quintana Roo and Yucatan were damaged. | |
| Andrea Montalvo, of the US-based Spanish-language Telemundo television network, said the storm was wreaking havoc in the town of Chetumal, to the east of Majahual. | Andrea Montalvo, of the US-based Spanish-language Telemundo television network, said the storm was wreaking havoc in the town of Chetumal, to the east of Majahual. |
| "Inside the hotel it is really bad, every 10 or 15 minutes you can hear windows shattering and people are coming out of their rooms in panic," she said. | "Inside the hotel it is really bad, every 10 or 15 minutes you can hear windows shattering and people are coming out of their rooms in panic," she said. |
| "If this is how it is here in this hotel, which is pretty solid, I don't want to think about how it is there." | "If this is how it is here in this hotel, which is pretty solid, I don't want to think about how it is there." |
| City officials said there were power cuts as the wind knocked over trees and sent debris flying through the air. | City officials said there were power cuts as the wind knocked over trees and sent debris flying through the air. |
| Further south, most of Belize was without power. Officials in Belize City closed hospitals and urged people to head inland, saying the town's shelters were not strong enough. | Further south, most of Belize was without power. Officials in Belize City closed hospitals and urged people to head inland, saying the town's shelters were not strong enough. |
| US President George W Bush offered aid to help hurricane victims, saying: "We stand ready to help". | US President George W Bush offered aid to help hurricane victims, saying: "We stand ready to help". |
| "The American people care a lot about the human condition in our neighbourhood, and when we see human suffering we want to do what we can," he said. | "The American people care a lot about the human condition in our neighbourhood, and when we see human suffering we want to do what we can," he said. |
| Fleeing the storm | Fleeing the storm |
| The hurricane has already claimed at least 12 lives in the eastern Caribbean. | |
| How hurricanes are tracked Dean's path of destruction Send us your comments | |
| Jamaica postponed its general election, due to be held on 27 August, until 3 September, after the storm passed just to the south of the island leaving at least three people dead. | |
| About two-thirds of the tourists in Cancun and other resorts left the area before Dean's arrival, but most resorts were spared the worst effects of the hurricane. | |
| Dean is thought to have been less damaging than the Category Five Hurricane Wilma in 2005, which lingered over the Yucatan for a day, killing 10 people and wrecking large areas of Cancun. | |
| It is the third strongest Atlantic hurricane to make landfall since records began in the 1850s. | It is the third strongest Atlantic hurricane to make landfall since records began in the 1850s. |
| Are you in the Caribbean? Have you been affected by Hurricane Dean or are you preparing for it to pass? Send us your comments and experiences using the form below. If you have any pictures you can send them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. | Are you in the Caribbean? Have you been affected by Hurricane Dean or are you preparing for it to pass? Send us your comments and experiences using the form below. If you have any pictures you can send them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. |
| At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws. | At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws. |
| Find out more about how to send your pictures and to read terms and conditions | Find out more about how to send your pictures and to read terms and conditions |