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Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
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Hurricane Mitch
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 1998
Hurricane Mitch was a powerful, extremely deadly and catastrophic tropical cyclone that became 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Landfall
Event of a storm moving over land after being over water
Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water. More broadly, and in relation to human travel, it refers to 'the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact of arriving there.'Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Honduras
Country in Central America
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
October 29
Day of the year
October 29 is the 302nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 63 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)