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Lining up for water in the aftermath Hurricane Mitch

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Lining up for water in the aftermath 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

Damage