This video provides excellent footage of Hurricane Mitch and its path through the Gulf. For an interactive map of Hurricane Mitch visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management.
Hurricane Mitch’s Path: Beginning just north of Colombia in dark blue, Hurricane Mitch traveled northwest, destroying everything in its path and left cutting through the Caribbean towards the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Floyd 1999 Floyd was first detected as a tropical wave that moved off the African coast on September 2. Hurricane Mitch was the deadliest Atlantic weather event since the Great Hurricane of 1780, which killed 22,000 people in the eastern Caribbean.It displaced the 1900 Galveston Hurricane to become the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record.
The origin of Hurricane Mitch can be traced to a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on October 10. Hurricane Mitch, the strongest storm of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, formed on October 22, and after becoming a Category 5 hurricane, it weakened and struck Honduras on October 29. Hurricane Mitch, hurricane (tropical cyclone) that devastated Central America, particularly Honduras and Nicaragua, in late October 1998. Hurricane Mitch was recognized as the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, after the Great Hurricane of 1780. The National Hurricane Center also maintains the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Mitch (PDF). Upon entering the western Caribbean Sea, convection steadily increased, and on October 22, the wave organized into Tropical Depression Thirteen while 415 miles (670 km) south of Kingston… It moved westward across the shear-ridden Atlantic Ocean, and remained disorganized until entering the Caribbean Sea on October 18. With millions left homeless and property Back to the top . The effects of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras were destructive and deadly, resulting in the most significant flooding in Honduras in the 20th century.
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