1. Hurricane Mitch.
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HURRICANE Mitch, 1998 , *COMMUNICABLE diseases , *PUBLIC health , *NATURAL disasters - Abstract
The article focuses on the destruction caused by Hurricane Mitch in Central America in 1998. The hurricane caused around 9,550 deaths and destroyed or affected around 137,851 homes. The secondary effects of the hurricane include increases in communicable diseases and set-backs in progress in public health. It cites the factors that increased the vulnerability of the Central American population to the effects of the natural disaster.
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- 2003