What is Hurricane Mitch?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Type=Hurricane | Year=1998 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Mitch 1998-10-26 1845Z.png | Image name=Hurricane Mitch at peak intensity just to the northeast of [[Honduras]] on October&nbsp;26 | alt=Satellite image of an intense tropical cyclone over the Western Caribbean Sea with an large and well defined eye. | Formed=October 22, 1998 | Dissipated=November 9, 1998 | Extratropical=November 5 | 1-min winds=155 | Pressure=905 | Damages=6080 | Fatalities=≥ 11,374 total<br><small>([[List of deadliest Atlantic hurricanes|Second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane]] on record)</small> | Areas=[[Central America]] (particularly [[Honduras]] and [[Nicaragua]]), [[Yucatán Peninsula]], South [[Florida]], Jamaica, [[Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]] | Hurricane season=[[1998 Atlantic hurricane season]] | related = {{Hurricane Mitch related}} |name=Hurricane Mitch}} '''Hurricane Mitch''' was the most powerful storm of the [[1998 Atlantic hurricane season]]. Hurricane Mitch was one of the most powerful storm ever recorded in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Mitch was the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane because it killed 11,000-18,000 in [[Central America]] and [[Mexico]], it is second only to the [[Great Hurricane of 1780]]. Mitch also caused over $5 billion in damage. Because the damage and deaths were very high, the name ''Mitch'' was [[List of retired Atlantic hurricane names|retired]] and will never be used for a hurricane in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] again. It was in 1998 and hit Florida, Central America, and the Yucatán Peninsula. ==Meteorologic history== {{storm path|Mitch 1998 track.png|left|200px}} On October 10 a tropical wave moved off of [[Africa]]. It stayed as a tropical wave because the conditions in Atlantic wasn't good enough for it to become a tropical depression or tropical storm. The tropical wave became Tropical Depression Thirteen on [[October 22]], because conditions became better. On [[October 23]] Tropical Depression Thirteen strengthened and became Tropical Storm Mitch. Tropical Storm Mitch made a sma