Hurricane Mitch
1998 hurricane
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Hurricane Mitch was the second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. Mitch caused 11,374 fatalities in Central America in 1998, including approximately 7,000 in Honduras and 3,800 in Nicaragua due to cataclysmic flooding from the slow motion of... Wikipedia
Date: October 22, 1998 – November 5, 1998
Total fatalities: 19,325
Affected areas: Central America, Honduras, Nicaragua, and more
Category: Category 5 Hurricane (SSHWS)
Highest wind speed: 177 mph
Landfall date: October 29
Damage: $6.08 billion (1998 USD)