(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm
(bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names
are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm
description is given.
Years
within 60
miles 1892bd,1893,1913bdbr,1916tsbr,1918,1920tsbr,1920tsbr,1931tsbr,1933tsbr,1940bdts 1941bd,1943br,1949tsbr,1953tsbr,1954tsbr,1961br,1969,1971bd,1974,1978br,1980tsbr,1998,2001 br,2001tsbr,2005tsbr,2007br 26
times in 139 yrs end of 2009
Names from list
above Alice,Hazel,Abbey,Francelia,Anna,Edith,Hattie,Fifi,Greta,Hermine,Mitch ,Iris,Michelle,Gamma,Felix,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 5.35 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (8h)once every 17.38 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next due in 2013
Last affected
by 2007 sept 4th Hurricane Felix brushed the border of Nicaragua/Honduras while weakening to a tropical storm dumping heavy rain in the country after hitting Nicaragua as a cat 5.
This areas hurricane
past 1934 in june a hurricane dumped heavy rains on Honduras
raising the ulua river to 45 ft & killing many 1955 hurricane Janet a
major hurricane destroys many buildings 1966 Alma as a tropical storm kills
73
1969 Hurricane Francelia hits southern Belize & NW Honduras as a cat 1 with 90mph winds on Sept 4th.Newspaper article 1974 hurricane Fifi kills 3,000 this hurricane was born in the pacific
& hit here with 140mph winds,the town of Choloma destroyed sept 18th,Fifi
was cloud seeded & hondurans blamed the U.S for altering the hurricanes
movement 12,000 killed 1978 Greta hits with 130mph winds killing many 1961
hurricane Hattie brushes to north but still causes heavy damage to north
coast 1998 hurricane Mitch hits from the north moving very slowly in late
october very heavy rains cause 5,672 deaths 12,000 in central america after
earlier being a cat 5 with 180mph winds while over the open waters. Mitch caused hurricane force winds over coastal Honduras for approx 36 hrs. Windjammer ship "Fantome" was never found with 31 aboard missing. 92% of bridges & 52% of roads were destroyed.
Newspaper article #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | Monument | Monument panned out
Text Sources:The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox...Sudden Sea R.A Scotti.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Stormscaping Pamela Crawford.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Scwartz..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....NOAA research division.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....plus many more.............
Honduras' history with tropical
systems