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	Hurricane Mitch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mitch attained hurricane status on October 24 while 295 miles (475 km) south of Jamaica, and with warm water temperatures and well-defined outflow, the hurricane rapidly strengthened.
		As Mitch accelerated to the northeast in association with a cold front, it gradually intensified, and made landfall near Naples, Florida on November 5 as a tropical storm with 65 mph (100 km/h) winds.
		Hurricane Mitch was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since the Great Hurricane of 1780, displacing the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 as the second-deadliest on record.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Mitch (3530 words)

	TPC ATLANTIC MITCH 1998 PRELIMINARY REPORT
		Mitch moved across the Yucatan Peninsula and southern Florida as a tropical storm.
		Prior to Mitch, the strongest measured October hurricane in the northwest Caribbean was Hurricane Hattie in 1961 with a central pressure of 924 mb.
		Hurricane warnings were issued for Jamaica, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
	www.nhc.noaa.gov /1998mitch.html (2520 words)

	USGS Hurricane Mitch Program Overview
		Hurricane Mitch struck Central America with such viciousness that it was nearly a week before the magnitude of the disaster began to reach the outside world.
		Hurricane Mitch will be remembered as the most deadly hurricane to strike the Western Hemisphere in the last two centuries.
		Hurricane Mitch is responsible for over nine thousand deaths predominately from rain-induced flooding in portions of Central America, mainly in Honduras and Nicaragua.
	mitchnts1.cr.usgs.gov /overview.html (720 words)

	HURRICANE MITCH FACT SHEET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hurricane Mitch developed in the Caribbean Sea in October 1998 and became one of the strongest and deadliest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded.
		Hurricane Mitch became the joint fourth strongest Atlantic hurricane on record.
		Whilst Mitch was one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the winds abated considerably as the storm moved inland.
	www.metoffice.com /sec2/sec2cyclone/tcbulletins/mitch.html (618 words)

	Hurricane Mitch
		Hurricane Mitch may be the most devastating ecological event to occur in the history of Central America.
		Hurricane Mitch may not have been the first hurricane to dump two meters of rain on the isthmus in less than a week, but it was the first time this large an area of Central American soil had been directly exposed to the intensity of that much rain, ever.
		Hurricane Mitch has simply and painfully brought home the point: conventional Central American agriculture is ecologically and socio-economically unsustainable.
	www.agroecology.org /people/eric/mitch.htm (2468 words)

	Hurricane Mitch on October 26, 1998 - Honduras.com
		Hurricane Mitch is expected to begin hitting the Bay Islands within one hour of this writing.
		Hurricane Mitch is 110 Kms West of Roatan.
		Mitch seems to be staying north of Honduras for the time being and God willing will miss the country's mainland entirely.
	www.honduras.com /weather/index1.htm (934 words)

	Hurricane Mitch Reports
		One of the most devestating hurricanes of our time to cripple the country of Honduras was Hurricane Mitch.
		The reports were written by people experiencing the hurricane as it was happening, and taking photos of their beloved hometowns during an extremely painful time.
		Hurricane Mitch's only good outcome was the bonding of humanity, across several lands, to forge ahead and create beauty from chaos.
	www.hurricanemitch.com (3648 words)

	Hurricane Mitch Project
		Hurricane Mitch - a Category 5 hurricane and one of the most destructive ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere - struck Central America on October 27, 1998.
		All told, Hurricane Mitch caused billions of dollars of worth of damage; its impact on the economies of these Central American countries will be felt for decades.
		In addition, the USGS has been instrumental in creating the Hurricane Mitch Clearinghouse Activity, an integrated network of computer servers that houses vast amounts of digital spatial data relating to the Hurricane Mitch disaster.
	edcintl.cr.usgs.gov /mitch.html (343 words)

	CNN - Hurricane Mitch lashes Honduran coast - October 27, 1998
		LA CEIBA, Honduras (CNN) -- Hurricane Mitch battered Honduras' northern coast with fierce winds and lashing rains Tuesday, killing at least 12 people in the region and forcing tens of thousands to flee in three Caribbean nations.
		Mitch was meandering late Tuesday after moving west- southwestward roughly parallel to the coast for much of the day.
		The entire coast of Honduras was under a hurricane warning, and up to 20 inches of rain were forecast in mountainous areas.
	www.cnn.com /WEATHER/9810/27/mitch.03 (1007 words)

	Hurricane Mitch, Is Gone Now...
		Concerning the damages of the recent hurricane Mitch, the damages the island suffered was the erosion of the beaches, the destruction completely of the piers and dive shops; however they are in the process of repairing and cleaning.
		Mitch did produce some debris along the coastline areas and cayes of Belize due to the heavy seas and wind, however, as Thanksgiving approaches, most hotel and tourism operations are expected to be in full service for the winter season.
		Hurricane Mitch, the monster it was, did not directly affect Lamanai Outpost Lodge on the New River Lagoon in northern Belize.
	ambergriscaye.com /hurricane/mitch (18839 words)

	OSEI - Hurricane Mitch Special Coverage
		Mitch weakened rapidly once it arrived onshore but the mountainous regions of Honduras and Nicaragua continued to "squeeze" the moisture out of the system.
		As Mitch began to redevelop, it interacted with a cold front that was extending into the Gulf.
		Mitch was reclassified as a tropical storm although much of the wind field was displaced from the center, meaning that the storm was losing its tropical characteristics.
	www.osei.noaa.gov /mitch.html (573 words)

	Hermine thru Nicole (incl. Mitch) - The Caribbean Hurricane Page - The 1998 Season
		Mitch is still a slow mover, making it difficult to predict it's track, but it still looks like it will stay clear from the coast of Honduras, Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula.
		Mitch is still moving slowly to the North (at a mere 6mph) and might strengthen to a strong Cat-4 Hurricane...
		Most models still show that Mitch will pass Jamaica at a safe distance (for hurricane force winds that is, they can still expect gusty weather) with a turn towards the west before it reaches the island (see a couple of model runs here).
	stormcarib.com /hurr98b.htm (4072 words)

	Hurricane Mitch
		Hurricane Mitch came into land September 27, with winds up to 180mph.
		Hurricane Mitch was the fourth strongest hurricane since hurricane Gilbert in 1998.
		Mitch hit all most of Central America leaving thousands of deaths, people without homes, people missing and destroyed areas.
	www.sfusd.k12.ca.us /schwww/sch618/mitch/Hurricane_Mitch.html (225 words)

	Mitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On November 2nd, Mitch moved off land and into the Bay of Campeche--and we were back on the trail.
		Thanks to the generous cooperation of the Mexican government, we were able to fly in their coastal airspace, which gave us the best coverage to track this tenacious storm, and view this beautiful coastline, near the city of Campeche.
		Mitch then regained some strength and rocked South Florida with 10 tornadoes, up to eight inches of rain, and 60 mph gusts.
	www.hurricanehunters.com /mitch.htm (466 words)

	Hurricane Mitch
		The surge effect is due to the winds of the hurricane pushing up a "dome" of water in front of the hurricane.
		Hurricanes are one disaster in which it is possible to have several days warning prior to the hurricanes arrival.
		As the arrival of the hurricane can be to some extent predicted, it is important to begin preparations for the hurricane as soon as we have information that it may land in a location near us.
	www.disastercenter.com /hurricm.htm (1628 words)

	Hurricane Mitch
		Although "Mitch" did not directly strike our location here on the Rio Dulce in Guatemala, it came very close and we spent several anxious days in the "strike zone".
		Mitch did such a huge amount of damage because it stalled off the coast of Honduras while still packing Category 4 and 5 winds.
		Mitch spent several days pounding this area and dropped tremendous amounts of rain.
	www.mayaparadise.com /news/huracane.htm (1894 words)

	NCDC: Hurricane Mitch
		Mitch struck Central America with such viciousness that it was nearly a week before the magnitude of the disaster began to reach the outside world.
		As Mitch's feeder bands swirled into its center from both the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean to its south, the stage was set for a disaster of epic proportions.
		The remnants of Mitch drifted northwestward as a weak depression and entered the Bay of Campeche on November 2.
	www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/reports/mitch/mitch.html (2350 words)

	Hurricane Mitch, GO AWAY!
		The Hurricane is circling and gone south toward the Honduras coast and eastward to the Bay Islands.
		The guy on the phone was saying the Hurricane is moving West North West, but when I pointed out to him the advisory positions were showing it was moving South West, he changed his mind back and forth and passed me on to his supervisor.
		Mitch, a category four monster, is packing maximum sustained winds of 155 mph with gusts to 190 mph.
	www.ambergriscaye.com /hurricane/mitch/hurricanetuesday.html (10684 words)

	BBC News \| Hurricane Mitch \| Special Report: Hurricane Mitch
		Hurricane Mitch may have disappeared but those left in its wake face a long and difficult period recovering from the devastation.
		Months after the hurricane, the people of Honduras are still struggling to rebuild their lives: Peter Morgan reports.
		What hurricanes are, how they start and why they are so dangerous.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/210851.stm (105 words)

	Hurricane Mitch News Archives (UMCOR)
		In the midst of unprecedented devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Mitch, mission personnel assigned to the Central American countries of Honduras and Nicaragua are organizing both spiritual and material aid to victims of the October storm.
		When disaster consultant Gordon Knuckey saw the destruction in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Georges, he declared it "the worst I'd ever seen." After making an initial assessment trip to Honduras in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, Knuckey found the damage there even more catastrophic.
		A ship full of food for Hurricane Mitch survivors is set to leave Houston Nov. 11, bound for Honduras.
	gbgm-umc.org /umcor/emergency/hurricanemitch/archives.cfm (588 words)

	GeoResources - Geography website: Hurricane Mitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1998 the most destructive hurricane to strike the Western Hemisphere in the last 200 years savaged the countries of Central America.
		Hurricane Mitch thrashed the region with 180 mph winds and dumped between 300 and 1800 mm.
		Finally, after six horrifying days, the torrential rains stopped......this is the story of that hurricane.
	www.georesources.co.uk /mitch.htm (73 words)

	USGS Hurricane Mitch Program
		Central America was devastated by Hurricane Mitch, a Category 5 hurricane.
		It was one of the most destructive hurricanes in the recorded history of the western hemisphere.
		The USGS is now supporting major Hurricane Mitch Reconstruction activities.
	mitchnts1.cr.usgs.gov /index.html (66 words)

	BBC News \| Hurricane Mitch \| Mitch: A path of destruction
		As Hurricane Mitch tore across Central America, the most deadly Atlantic storm in two centuries left a trail of destruction in its wake.
		And as Mitch continued to wreak havoc, the Casita volcano erupted and a minor earthquake hit the city of Chinandega.
		Despite abating in the days before, Mitch regained strength over the Gulf of Mexico on 3 November, hitting southern Florida and gradually heading towards the western coast on 5 November.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/202395.stm (453 words)

	Hurricane Mitch Reports
		On October 24 Atlantic Tropical Storm Mitch was upgraded to a hurricane that developed into one of the strongest and most damaging storms to ever hit the Caribbean and Central America.
		Although the winds diminished as Hurricane Mitch traveled inland over Honduras on October 30, the storm continued to produce torrential rains, reaching a rate of more than 4 inches per hour, which caused catastrophic floods and landslides throughout the region.
		Hurricane Mitch devastated the Honduran road network and in the early days of the response, air transport was the only means to transport emergency relief supplies, including food and non-food items.
	www.disastercenter.com /hurricmr.htm (11556 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hurricane Mitch grew to become the Atlantic basin's fourth strongest hurricane ever with sustained winds of 180 mph October 26 into early October 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.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/huricane/1998/wmitch.htm (434 words)

	USAID: Caribbean Hurricane Update
		In response to Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne, USAID/OFDA provided a total of nearly $445,000 in emergency assistance to the Bahamas.
		On September 17, U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Hans H. Hertell declared a disaster due to the damage caused by Hurricane Jeanne.
		On August 17, 2004, the U.S. Interests Section in Havana issued a disaster declaration due to the impact of Hurricane Charley, particularly on the Isla de la Juventud and the province of Pinar del Río.
	hurricane.info.usaid.gov (1857 words)

	Honduras - Hurricane Mitch - The Caribbean Hurricane Page - Local Reports on Tropical Systems threatening the Caribbean ...
		Their schedule had them being in the Bay Islands at the time Mitch hit there, but thankefully they were not.
		Date: Thu, 03 Dec 98 11:03:44 -0500 From: annemarie_kane_at_usc@unicefusa.org Subject: Hurricane Mitch Relief Effort From: US Committee for UNICEF In the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, UNICEF is working along with other United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to assist victims of the worst natural disasters to hit the region in 200 years.
		Since Hurricane Mitch, I've had no luck getting in touch w/ employees at PDS or finding out the status on Dean and his family.
	stormcarib.com /mitch/mhonduras.htm (5951 words)

	Hurricane Mitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hurricane Mitch approaching Honduras on 1998 October 26, 13:15 UT.
		Perspective view of Hurricane Mitch on 1998 October 26, 15:15 UT.
		Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
	rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov /rsd/images/Mitch.html (47 words)

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