On Wednesday, large trees blown down by the wind were blocking main roads in Poza Rica as Dean, packing winds of up to 100 mph, made landfall in Mexico for the second time.
One man was killed during Dean's two-day rampage in Mexico when a wall blew down on top of him in his house in Puebla state, authorities said.
The death toll in Haiti also increased to nine, taking the total number killed in Haiti, Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean region to 18.
Dean pounded Mayan villages and beach resorts in a run across the Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday.
The storm weakened from a Category Five storm to Category One as it passed over Mexico but on Wednesday afternoon it increased in strength and was upgraded to Category Two.
It then passed through the Campeche Sound, home to more than 100 oil platforms and three major oil exporting sites.
It finally weakened to a tropical depression on Wednesday evening and was not expected to threaten the US coastline.
Although Dean lost strength soon after landing near Poza Rica, its rains fell in Mexico City more than 125 miles away
The US National Hurricane Centre said it would fizzle out as it passed over the mountains of central Mexico.
But the state government of Veracruz warned of heavy rains, which often cause mudslides in poor mountain villages after hurricanes pass.
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