Hurricane Dean evolved into one of two storms in the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season to make landfall as a Category 5 hurricane. Dean was the seventh most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, tied with Camille and Mitch, and the third most intense Atlantic hurricane ever at landfall. Its winds, rains and storm surge were responsible for at least 45 deaths across ten countries and caused around US$1.66 billion in damage. The storm was designated Tropical Depression Four on August 13, born more than 1,500 mi (2,400 km) east of the Lesser Antilles in a vigorous tropical wave heading west from Africa. A deep layered ridge steered the system towards the Caribbean and warmer waters. It was upgraded to Tropical Storm Dean the next day, and to a hurricane two days later. In the Caribbean Sea, the storm rapidly intensified to a Category 5 hurricane, then brushed the southern coast of Jamaica on August 19. It crossed the Yucatán Peninsula and emerged, weakened, into the Bay of Campeche, then briefly restrengthened in the warm waters of the bay before making a second landfall in Veracruz.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1521:
After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés captured Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Tenochtitlan
1624:
Cardinal Richelieu became the chief minister to King Louis XIII, and under his supervision, France's feudal political structure transformed into one with a powerful central government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu
1906:
The all-black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment were accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all were later dishonorably discharged. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsville_Affair
1937:
The Battle of Shanghai broke out, eventually becoming one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shanghai
1996:
Marc Dutroux was arrested for the kidnapping of 14-year-old Laetitia Delhez, revealing a number of other victims and one of Belgium's biggest child molestation cases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Dutroux
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
natatorium: (US) A swimming pool, especially an indoor one; a building housing one or more swimming pools. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/natatorium
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
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