November 4, 1998 (September 16) Tiger years, the torrential rains landslides hurricane "Mitch" swallowed nearly ten thousand people.

1998, due to Hurricane Mitch in Central America, more than a week of disasters such as heavy rains and landslides in the region continue to occur, resulting in the death of a large number of personnel and material losses. Nearly ten thousand Central Americans lost their lives because of the hurricane, and more than 250 million people affected residents.
Honduras official announced that the number of deaths in most Central American countries. According to the announcement, "Hurricane Mitch" the number of deaths in the country reached more than 5,000 people, while there are 11,000 missing, nearly 200 million people were affected.
statistics according to the the Nicaragua Civil Defence Commission before Hurricane Mitch has caused the death of the country's 2100 about 50 million people were affected. The Casitas volcano is located 130 kilometers northwest of the capital, Managua, due to prolonged exposure to rain erosion, severe landslides and mudslides occurred on the afternoon of October 30, at least 1,500 people were killed in the disaster, nearly 2,000 people missing.
In addition, countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica were also hundreds of people died in Hurricane Mitch killed.
"Hurricane Mitch hit Central America in not only caused no casualties, but also in the area of ​​production and living facilities have been enormous damage, economic losses up to billions of dollars.