How did Latin Americans respond to the disaster of Hurricane Mitch in 1998?
How did Latin Americans respond to the disaster of Hurricane Mitch in 1998? Hurricane Mitch: October 1998 Hurricane Mitch began as a tropical depression on October 22, 1998 and by October 26 had intensified into a Category 5 hurricane. Sustained winds reached 180 mph, while gusts were more than 200 mph. What was the response to Hurricane Mitch? In the weeks following Mitch, thousands of people required rescue and emergency medical care, and millions needed humanitarian relief aid, in the form of water, food, shelter and clothing. Winds, flooding and landslides killed 9,000 people (another 9,000 went missing) and seriously...