It hit Honduras as a minimal hurricane, drifted through Central America, reformed in the Bay Campeche and ultimately struck Florida as a strong tropical storm. Due to the slow movement of the hurricane it caused historical rainfall in the places it afflicted and caused roughly 11,000 and 11,000 missing and finally reaching a deathtoll to 19,325 due to the surge and massive flooding that hit the places mitch afflicted. Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Post #11 Violent Weather
The image on the left is an image of Hurricane Mitch, this hurricane was the most powerful of the 1998 hurricane season. It had sustained winds of over 180m/ph (285km/ph) . Mitch formed in the carribean sea on October 22nd, it rapidly changed to category 5 status on the Saffier-Simpson hurrican scale. 
It hit Honduras as a minimal hurricane, drifted through Central America, reformed in the Bay Campeche and ultimately struck Florida as a strong tropical storm. Due to the slow movement of the hurricane it caused historical rainfall in the places it afflicted and caused roughly 11,000 and 11,000 missing and finally reaching a deathtoll to 19,325 due to the surge and massive flooding that hit the places mitch afflicted.
It hit Honduras as a minimal hurricane, drifted through Central America, reformed in the Bay Campeche and ultimately struck Florida as a strong tropical storm. Due to the slow movement of the hurricane it caused historical rainfall in the places it afflicted and caused roughly 11,000 and 11,000 missing and finally reaching a deathtoll to 19,325 due to the surge and massive flooding that hit the places mitch afflicted. 
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