 In Hispaniola , Dean killed 15 people and destroyed hundreds of homes . Dean also left $ 616 million ( 2007 USD , $ 703 million 2016 USD ) in damage on Martinique and $ 154 million ( 2007 USD , $ 176 million 2016 USD ) on Guadeloupe . In Mexico , Hurricane Dean made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula on August 21 as a Category 5 hurricane . Throughout its track , Dean killed 44 people and caused several billion dollars in damage . 
