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Assessment of Hurricane Mitch on Nicaraguan Agriculture
March 17, 1999
Hurricane Mitch was the strongest October Atlantic hurricane on record and caused significant damage to the agriculture and infrastructure sector.
Government of Nicaragua projects total 1998 exports have been cut $55 million, while estimates of imports have been revised upward $57 million.
Many producers lost a portion of their stored production due to flooding and mudslides.
Damage caused by Hurricane Mitch was generally less than initially reported.
The storm is reported to have caused the loss of almost a third of the 1998/99 banana production.
For tobacco, the hurricane reportedly destroyed over 50 percent of Nicaragua's crop.
Image 1: Overview of northwest Nicaragua
(February 8, 1999).
Image 2: Full resolution Landsat view of
the Casita Volcano Mudslide and the city of Leon.
Image 3: A full resolution Landsat view
of the major sugarcane and cereal crop area west of Leon the
Casita Mudslide.
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Analysis: Assessment of Hurricane Mitch on Nicaraguan Agriculture
For more information, contact the author Tim Rocke, or for satellite imagery Carl Gernazio at (202) 720-0888.
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