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Hurricane Mitch near its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds at 180 mph(285 km/hr). A few days later after making landfall in Central America nearly11,000 people were confirmed dead and almost as many reported missing makingMitch the second-deadliest hurricane on record, only surpassed by the GreatHurricane of 1780. (Image credit: NOAA NESDIS Environmental Visualization Laboratory)