Hurricane Mitch As it passed over

defeats countries of warmer water, the air

Central America shot up even faster
and the pressure
Crops flattened,
became even lower.
power lines drowned or left
When the storm’s
destroyed, floods stranded and harvests
winds reached
produced caused ruined with farm
120kph, it became a
severe damage on products being the
hurricane and was
buildings and road main exports.
named Hurricane
links. Central America Instantly,
Mitch. Although
will never be the neighbouring
experts could track it
same again. countries and
using satellites, radar
The disasters began in charities such as
and weather stations,
Honduras, when the Oxfam and Red Cross
it kept changing
storm which provided aid and
direction and speed
originated in the possible consolation
unexpectedly without
Caribbean Sea arrived to the already
warning. Belize was
at its mainland. The destructive
not affected but many
entire thing started consequences of
people decided to
when the surface Honduras, El
evacuate. It was the
water reached 27
opposite story in
degrees Celsius of the
Nicaragua, and many Track of the Tropical Storm
Caribbean. The air
people were died.
began to rise due to Salvador, Guatemala
Many were saved in
its heat, creating a and Mexico.
coastal Honduras, as
low pressure. Air
almost everyone got Emergency supplies
rushes in to the low
told to evacuate. Yet were activated.
pressure to take the
it could not stop the Clothing, blankets,
place of the moving
potential disasters… food were needed; so
air, creating very
Houses were were water
strong winds. The
destroyed, leaving purification kits and
convection led to
two million people medicines to prevent
intense rainfall and
homeless, more than spread of disease. A
the whole system
24,000 people dead, very long term
started to move west.
recovery is expected
of the people
affected, including
some that are too
poor to do so. Further
aid will be required by
charities and
neighbouring
countries.