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Hurricane Mitch Hits Honduras. 1998
Chris Steele-Perkins
During a week in October 1998, Hurricane Mitch swept through Central America with the brunt of the destruction taken by Honduras. Floggings caused by the tidal waves and heavy rains associated with hurricanes combined with wind destruction left the country with a clean up process inciting international concern. Figures vary but an estimated 7,000 people died and up to 70,000 homes were destroyed leaving perhaps two million people homeless. In the face of adversity, families worked together with international aid re-using salvaged wood and building materials to put their homes back together and...
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Chris Steele-Perkins
1998
Honduras. Choluteca. In a displaced familys centre which was...
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Chris Steele-Perkins
1998
Honduras. Despite their unhappy situation the Hondurans affected...
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Chris Steele-Perkins
1998
Honduras. Choluteca. In a displaced families centre which was...
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1998
Honduras. Tegucigalpa. The area known as Soto was completely...
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1998
Honduras. Town of Morolica. Constructing a new home from salvage...
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1998
Honduras. In Choluteca, children play basket ball in a school...
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Honduras. This family has managed to salvage more than most after...
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1998
Honduras. Choluteca Children help to save tiles from the destroyed...
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1998
Honduras. Choluteca. A family lives in the porch of their building...
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1998
Honduras. Town of Morolica. Constructing a new home from salvage...
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1998
Honduras. Choluteca. Going to work to help dig the mountains...
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1998
Honduras. Tequcigalpa. Sotoana, where destruction was total....
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1998
Honduras. A home completely buried under mud. 1998.
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1998
Honduras. Choluteca. Some concrete bulidings survived - this...
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1998
Honduras. Tegucigalpha. Trying to salvage car parts from vehicles...
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