Natural History of Saint Lucia - Fauna of Saint Lucia, Flora of Saint Lucia, Hurricanes in Saint Lucia, Hurricane Dean, Hurricane Ivan (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Fauna of Saint Lucia, Flora of Saint Lucia, Hurricanes in Saint Lucia, Hurricane Dean, Hurricane Ivan, Hurricane Tomas, List of birds of Saint Lucia, Hurricane Allen, Tropical Depression Nineteen, Hurricane Klaus, Aiphanes minima, Hurricane Abby, List of amphibians and reptiles of Saint Lucia, Mabuya mabouya, Little-scaled Least Gecko, Megalomys luciae, Barbados Anole, St Lucia Whiptail, St. Lucia Anole, Martinique Spectacled Tegu, St. Lucia Threadsnake, Vincent's Least Gecko, Saint Lucia Lancehead, Saint Lucia Racer, Bat Cave, Saint Lucia. Excerpt: Hurricane Dean was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the most intense Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Wilma of 2005, tying for seventh overall. Additionally, it made the third most intense Atlantic hurricane landfall. A Cape Verde-type hurricane that formed on August 13, 2007, Dean took a west-northwest path from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lucia Channel and into the Caribbean Sea. It strengthened into a major hurricane, reaching Category 5 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale before passing just south of Jamaica on August 20. The storm made landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula on August 21 as a powerful Category 5 storm. It crossed the peninsula and emerged into the Bay of Campeche weakened, but still a hurricane. It strengthened briefly before making a second landfall near Tecolutla in the Mexican state of Veracruz on August 22. Dean drifted to the northwest, weakening into a remnant low which dissipated uneventfully over the southwestern United States. The hurricane's intense winds, waves, rains and storm surge were responsible for at least 45 deaths across ten countries and caused estimated damages of US$1.5 billion. First impacting the islands of the Lesser Antilles, Dean's path through the Caribbea...