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Hurricane Mitch:The story.....

Reports of the damage and destruction left by Hurricane Mitch from each country affected

HONDURAS
The whole of the country was affected by Hurricane Mitch. Around 6,500 people died and up to 11,000 went missing. About 1.5 million people (20% of the country's population) were made homeless by the hurricane and there were serious shortages of food, medicine, and water. Hunger and near-starvation were widespread in many villages. Epidemics became a danger as diseases such as malaria and cholera made an appearance. As most roads and railways were seriously damaged, helicopters were needed to take supplies to areas cut off by floods, but these were in short supply. Many of the unidentified dead were buried in mass graves or their bodies were cremated.

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