Hurricane Mitch Hit Central America At The End Of October 1998 Killing 10,000 Pe

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Term Paper Title	Hurricane Mitch Hit Central America At The End Of October 1998 Killing 10,000 Pe
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     "Hurricane Mitch hit Central America at the end of October 1998 killing 10,000 people and throwing the lives of another two and a half million into turmoil.  Honduras - one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere - took the worst of the storm and now faces years of dependence on international aid just as it was beginning to find its economic feet.(megastories.com)."
     " Hurricane Mitch grew to become the Atlantic basin's fourth strongest hurricane ever with sustained winds of 180 mph September 26 into early September 27, 1998. It was the strongest storm in the western Caribbean since Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. Mitch stalled off the coast of Honduras from late on Oct. 27 until the evening of Oct. 29 before moving slowly  inland. As the storm's winds weakened it continued dumping heavy rain on Central America, causing floods and mud slides that had been blamed for at least 10,000 deaths by Nov. 2. On Nov. 3, Mitch's ghostly remains entered the southern Gulf of Mexico and warm waters rejuvenated the system into a tropical storm. Mitch then barreled through southern Florida early Nov. 5 before finally becoming extra tropical at 4 p.m. EST, Nov. 5(USAToday.com)."
     In the end of the month of October of 1998, Hurricane Mitch tore through Central America.  Honduras took the hardest hit.  Many things have been tried for raising money, but the most effective of those is charity.  Surely, the Honduran Government will receive aid from the international agencies and such, but the charity will have to raise the most of the money.  Some say that even with all of the agencies in the world helping to raise money for the Hondurans, it will take four years to raise enough to put them back in the state they were in before this tragic storm ripped through their country.
     Aid agencies are a familiar sight in Honduras - but th...

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