Mitch Vs. Hurricane Mitch

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Both of these natural disasters were big problems and caused a lot of damage in a day. However one of these storms caused more damage for a longer period of time. That storm was Hurricane Mitch because it took people 20 years to fix all the roads, houses and other building with their furniture. However the big flood did soak every building and furniture it could be dried from heat or put it in the sun. The people who suffered from the flood could keep their furniture and get it dried however the people in the Hurricane had to get all knew things because mud was on it if they still had it or it was blown out to sea.
The Hurricane was very deadly because a lot of people lost their homes and may have died from the storm itself. Some people lost

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