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Flood damage along the Choluteca River caused by Hurricane 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.

Image ID: wea02438, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Photo Date: 1998 November
Photographer: Debbie Larson, NWS, International Activities


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