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Flood damage along the Choluteca River caused by Hurricane Mitch

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Description

Flood damage along the Choluteca River caused by Hurricane Mitch.Over 9,000 deaths and 9,000 missing were attributed to Mitch making it thesecond most deadly hurricane in history ranking only below a 1780 hurricane inthe Lesser Antilles.

Photographer

Debbie Larson

Display Date

1998 November

Location

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Collection

Weather Service

Meteorological Monsters

Hurricane Mitch

NOAA Affiliation

NWS

Keywords

Monsters

Hurricanes

Flood Damage