Honduras' history with tropical systems(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,1918br,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 137 yrs end of 2007


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 5.27 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(7h)once every 19.57 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
affected in 2007

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

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