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Red Cross worker documenting the damage caused byHurricane Mitch

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Description

Red Cross worker documenting the damage caused byHurricane Mitch. Over 9,000 deaths and 9,000 missing were attributed to Mitch making it the second most deadly hurricane in history ranking only below a 1780 hurricane in the 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