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Hurricane Mitch was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since the Great Hurricane of 1780, ... Mitch caused 11 indirect deaths when a plane crashed during the storm.
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.
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.
The Galveston Hurricane. Year: 1900 Death Toll: 6,000–12,000 Financial Impact: Estimated $30 million at the time (~$700 million adjusted for inflation) At the time, 38,000 people lived in ...
Hurricane Mitch was one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever observed, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 km/h). The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season .
Although Hurricane Mitch is often included in lists of infamous November hurricanes because it made landfall in Florida as a tropical storm on Nov. 5, 1998, it was not at peak strength.
November 27, 1996 – The remnants of Hurricane Marco drops heavy rainfall over Honduras. October 26 – November 1, 1998 – Hurricane Mitch stalls to the northeast of Honduras with 180 mile per hour winds before weakening rapidly and making landfall in Honduras with 80 mile per hour winds. Large amounts of rainfall and high winds lead to ...
It caused $30 billion in damage and more than 40 deaths. It was the costliest natural disaster in the history of the U.S. at the time. When the 1992 hurricane season ended, the name Andrew was ...