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Hurricane Mitch moving over Central America between 28-30 October 1998. Hurricane Mitch was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since the Great Hurricane of 1780, displacing the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 as the second-deadliest on record. Nearly 11,000 people were confirmed dead, and almost as many reported missing.
In Honduras, Hurricane Mitch caused death and destruction across the entire country, resulting in the most significant flooding in Honduras in the 20th century. Hurricane Mitch, the strongest storm of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, formed on October 22, and after becoming a Category 5 hurricane, it weakened and struck Honduras on October 29.
Damage in Tegucigalpa, Honduras following Hurricane Mitch. August 10, 1993 – Tropical Depression Bret moves south of Honduras, bringing with it rain and wind with its outer bands. September 16, 1993 – Tropical Depression Gert passes over Honduras, causing rainfall which worsened the rainfall situation that Tropical Depression Bret caused.
The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season. At the time, Mitch was the strongest hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic Ocean in the month of October, though it has since been surpassed by Hurricane Wilma of the 2005 season .
A hurricane moving in from the north, prompting the nickname "The Yankee Hurricane," made landfall near Miami, Florida, on Nov. 4, 1935. The storm caused significant damage in the area and killed ...
In recent years, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane was Hurricane Mitch of 1998, with at least 11,374 deaths attributed to it, while the deadliest Atlantic hurricane overall was the Great Hurricane of 1780, which resulted in at least 22,000 fatalities.
Lots of factors in play but Tropical Storm Sara is expected to form this week and could become a major hurricane ... lives and caused $120 billion in damage. ... Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which ...
The following decade featured seven hurricanes causing at least a billion in damage. In the 1990s, twelve tropical cyclones accrued at least a billion in damage, including Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The system greatly exceeded the damage figure of any preceding tropical cyclone, causing $27.3 billion in damage, mostly in South Florida. Nineteen ...