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6 unusual facts about Hurricane Mitch


Berlín

Berlín was heavily damaged by flooding and landslides resulting from Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and by the earthquakes of January and February, 2001.

Cape Ducato-class vehicle cargo ship

In 1998, after Hurricane Mitch, Cape Ducato was one of several ships that transported construction materials to Nicaragua.

DRC, Inc.

DRC, Inc. is currently a defendant in a suit by the US Justice Department for which alleges fraud against the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) during a contract in support of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras.

Lake Managua

It rose 3 metres (10 ft) in five days during Hurricane Mitch in 1998, destroying the homes of many who lived on its edge.

McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender

In this function, the aircraft have been deployed to Kosovo to evacuate refugees, to the Caribbean and Central America to provide humanitarian aid after the hurricanes Luis, Georges and Mitch and to various countries in Africa and Asia to provide development aid.

Radio Belize

All that remained was to shut it down, and after one last act of service-informing the nation of the progress of 1998's Hurricane Mitch-DJ Neil Hall (and, according to Villanueva, himself and Patrick Jones) shut down at Noon Central Standard Time (18:00 G.M.T.) on November 30, 1998.


Choluteca, Choluteca

The bridge, built in the 1930s by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, survived the severe Hurricane Mitch of 1998, although the road it was connected to did not.


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