This storm caused a partial collapse of the Casita volcano, leading to a lahar or mudslide that killed about 2,500 people. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this deadliest Atlantic hurricane since 1780, which killed over 11,000 people as it impacted Central America.
ANSWER: Hurricane Mitch
[10m] This politician argued that his rival, then-president Arnaldo Alemán, had mismanaged warnings about and recovery from Hurricane Mitch. This Sandinista led Nicaragua’s Junta of National Reconstruction.
ANSWER: Daniel Ortega [or José Daniel Ortega Saavedra]
[10e] This country’s president Carlos Flores Facussé suggested that Mitch had wiped out 50 years of progress. César Castellanos (“cah-stay-YAH-noce”), the mayor of this country’s capital of Tegucigalpa (“tay-goo-chee-GALL-pah”), died in a helicopter crash while inspecting flood damage.
ANSWER: Honduras [or Republic of Honduras; or República de Honduras]
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