1998: Tragedy in Central America

In El Valle Las Mayorga, near the town of Posoltega in Nicaragua, Juan Antonio Pavon Rizo looks at the remains of a victim caught in the flooding after Hurricane Mitch. The hurricane killed 11,000 people, mostly in Honduras and Nicaragua.

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( Mike Stocker/Sun-Sentinel )

In El Valle Las Mayorga, near the town of Posoltega in Nicaragua, Juan Antonio Pavon Rizo looks at the remains of a victim caught in the flooding after Hurricane Mitch. The hurricane killed 11,000 people, mostly in Honduras and Nicaragua.

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