Hurricane Mitch
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Hurricane Mitch approaching Honduras
Hurricane Mitch was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever observed, with sustained winds at one point of 180 mph or 290 km/h. Mitch battered Central America from October 22, 1998 to November 5, 1998, killing about 11,000 people. It was the deadliest hurricane in over 200 years, and second deadliest ever. Only the Great Hurricane of 1780 in the Lesser Antilles was worse.
Deaths were mostly from flooding, when the slow-moving hurricane and then tropical storm dropped nearly three feet or 90 cm of rain. Tens of thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed.
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