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More than 10,000 people were ordered to evacuate threatened areas along the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, just hours before Hurricane Dean was expected to make a second landfall in Mexico. Hurricane Dean strengthened to a Category 2 storm off Mexico's Gulf coast on Wednesday as it bore down on the state of Veracruz, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Dean made landfall near the town of Tecolutla in Mexico as a Category 2 storm with top sustained winds of 100 mph. Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate threatened areas along the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico, just hours before Hurricane Dean was expected to make a second landfall in Mexico. Hurricane Dean ripped into Mexico's Gulf coast on Wednesday with screaming winds and torrential rain that flooded towns, forced thousands into shelters and worried world oil markets. VERACRUZ, Mexico, Aug. 22 -- Mexico's rich offshore oil platforms came under assault early Wednesday as Hurricane Dean whirled through the Gulf of Campeche after downing trees and dumping heavy rain on the Yucatan Peninsula. Hurricane Dean on Wednesday hit Mexico for a second time in two days, blasting the eastern state of Veracruz with strong winds and pounding rain threatening to trigger dangerous floods and mudslides.
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