Case report: Hurricane Fifi 1974.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: DEC 1975Description: 16p., no refs, 1 map, 1 annexReport number: Institutional/Corporate Body; UNDRO-0487Subject: The disaster that struck Honduras in September 1974 produced unexpectedly severe results due to a rare combination of factors. The storm moved inland across Belize on the 20th, after lingering over the two mountain chains that form the sides of the agriculturally rich Sula Valley in Honduras. It was here that a true disaster occurred, where most lives were lost, and much of the damage was wrought. The unprecedented runoff of water had nowhere to go but downhill to spread across the valley floor and eventually to flow out to the Caribbean Sea. The area had been over grazed, over planted, and even in places over populated, and was extremely vulnerable. The timing of Fifi was disastrous, at the time the major harvest of the year was expected. Fortunately a disaster relief plan had been established only one year before, in the form of a Permanent National Emergency Committee whose role was to mobilize and co-ordinate all available resources
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UNDRO Case report - 1974 Honduras hurricane
The disaster that struck Honduras in September 1974 produced unexpectedly severe results due to a rare combination of factors. The storm moved inland across Belize on the 20th, after lingering over the two mountain chains that form the sides of the agriculturally rich Sula Valley in Honduras. It was here that a true disaster occurred, where most lives were lost, and much of the damage was wrought. The unprecedented runoff of water had nowhere to go but downhill to spread across the valley floor and eventually to flow out to the Caribbean Sea. The area had been over grazed, over planted, and even in places over populated, and was extremely vulnerable. The timing of Fifi was disastrous, at the time the major harvest of the year was expected. Fortunately a disaster relief plan had been established only one year before, in the form of a Permanent National Emergency Committee whose role was to mobilize and co-ordinate all available resources
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