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This report analyses the existing conditions and capacities within a country to achieve efficient risk management and reduction in Central America and the Caribbean.
Between 22 October and 1 November 1998, Hurricane Mitch, a 180-mph Category 5 storm, the worst to hit the Gulf of Mexico in 200 years, swept through a number of Central American countries...
The American Red Cross Response to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma
Between 22 October and 1 November 1998, Hurricane Mitch, a 180-mph Category 5 storm, theworst to hit the Gulf of Mexico in 200 years, swept through a number of Central Americancountriesdevastating...
Guidelines developed over the course of three workshops:
Flood Forecasting and Disaster Response Workshop (Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 1999)
International Symposium on Flood...
Hurricane Mitch caused tremendous losses to human life, property, livelihoods, and physical infrastructure throughout Central America. Its effects were greatest in two of the poorest countries in...