Hurricane Mitch
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 in
1998, killing an astounding 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 90cm of rain. Tens of thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed.
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