Natural Hazards - Hurricane Mitch in Honduras
Main points effects
- Happened in 1998 in America
- Many people died
- 3500 homes were destroyed
- Destroyed 70% of crops (eg coco beans, rice, etc)
- 70%-80% of infrastructure destroyed
- 20% of Schools, 117 Buildings and 6 hospitals severly damgaged
How this affected development of country
- $349million to repair damage - money could have been used to develop
- Lots of people who were homeless - 27% agriculture became 18%
- Quality of Life reduced because people in agriculture affected badly
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