Hurricane Mitch

Hurricane Mitch
Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
	Hurricane Mitch at peak intensity just to the northeast of Honduras on October 26
Formed	October 22, 1998
Dissipated	November 9, 1998
	(Extratropical after November 5)
Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 180 mph (285 km/h) ;
Lowest pressure	905 mbar (hPa); 26.72 inHg
Fatalities	≥ 11,374 total; (Second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record)
Damage	$6.08 billion (1998 USD)
Areas affected	Central America (particularly Honduras and Nicaragua), Yucatán Peninsula, South Florida, Jamaica, Ireland, United Kingdom
	Part of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Mitch was the most powerful storm of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Mitch was one of the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. Mitch was the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane because it killed 11,000-18,000 in Central America and Mexico, it is second only to the Great Hurricane of 1780. Mitch also caused over $5 billion in damage. Because the damage and deaths were very high, the name Mitch was retired and will never be used for a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean again. It was in 1998 and hit Florida, Central America, and the Yucatán Peninsula.