Compare And Contrast Hurricane Mitch And The Mississippi River Flood

Natural disasters are scary and cause some serious problems. Those problems may be short-term, such as small flood meaning new crops need to be planted. However, the same disaster can also bring some long-term problems too. A long-term problem cause by a flood could be needing to get out of debt because paying for somewhere to stay until repairs are done costs money, then paying for the repairs such as water damage and damaged furniture also costs money. There are also so many different natural disasters that can cause life-changing problems. Some natural disasters that cause horrifying damage are volcanoes, hurricane, tornadoes, tsunamis, floods and so many more. After reading the articles “Memories of the Flood” and “Hurricane Mitch” I

The Mississippi River Flood is caused by the rain water overflowing the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River Flood caused no deaths or injuries just cause serious damage to everyone's homes and crops. However during Hurricane Mitch 11,000 people died and 10,000 more people went missing, then over 3 million were left homeless. Unlike during the Mississippi River Flood where people were informed of the flood weeks ahead, Hurricane Mitch was unexpected. Best explained in the story “Hurricane Mitch” the route of Hurricane Mitch isn’t what experts thought “Hurricane Mitch began as a small storm in the Caribbean Sea on October 22. It formed about 200 miles south of Jamaica and began to grow. Because it was moving slowly north, people expected it to hit Cuba. Two days later, Hurricane Mitch was enormous and was turning west. Two days after that, Mitch had winds as strong as 180 miles per hour and was turning south. On October 29, the full force of Hurricane Mitch struck the coast of Honduras. It had become the deadliest hurricane in more than 200 years.” This just shows how unexpected Hurricane Mitch was, and unprepared the people of Central America or Honduras were for a