Jamaica under hurricane warning

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Jamaica under hurricane warning


(CNN) -- Hurricane Dean intensified Saturday as it muscled across the Caribbean and headed toward a dangerous rendezvous Sunday with Jamaica.

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Satellite image shows Hurricane Dean's position at 9:15 a.m. ET Saturday.


The Jamaican government issued a hurricane warning late Saturday morning, meaning hurricane conditions are expected within 24 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Forecasters fear Dean will be a destructive Category 5 monster packing 155 mph winds by the time it reaches Jamaica.

Even worse could be yet to come. By Monday, as Dean nears Cancun and other tourist areas along Mexico's eastern Yucatan coast, its sustained winds could be 160 mph, with gusts approaching 200 mph -- wreaking new havoc on an area heavily damaged just two years ago by Hurricane Wilma.

At 11 a.m. ET Saturday, Dean was in open water south of Puerto Rico, 565 miles east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and 210 miles south-southeast of Santo Domingo, Dominican

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