Yucatan weathers Dean's fury

FELIPE CARRILLO PUERTO, Mexico — Nature, good luck and good planning all combined Tuesday to deliver what the people of the Yucatan Peninsula called a miracle.

Hurricane Dean, packing 165-mph winds, was a Category 5 storm when it made landfall near this town of 20,000 people early Tuesday. And it remained a "monster" as it crossed the peninsula, causing widespread destruction.

But there appeared to be few injuries. And as of late Tuesday, no deaths had been reported, despite the fierce winds that caused heavy damage to more than one-third of the buildings in some seaside communities.
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