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red alert as well, recommending boats to stay in port,telling people to prepare or seek shelter, and warningof potential over flown rivers. By the time Mitchmade landfall, numerous people were evacuated

along the western Caribbean coastline, including100,000 in Honduras, 10,000 in Guatemala, and20,000 in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Despitethe governments attempts to decrease the level of

damage and loss of life, the Hurricane killed over19,000 people in each of these countries making it byfar the worst hurricane of the 1998 season.