![Homeless with a donated mattress. Honduras was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, killing at least 5,000 people and destroying 70% of the country's crops. The damage was estimated at $3bn, setting development back by decades [Sean Sprague]](/var/storage/images/media/cafod/images/latin_america_caribbean/honduras/hurrican_mitch_14183/6343-1-eng-GB/hurrican_mitch_14183_3column00_nospace_landscape.jpg)
Homeless with a donated mattress. Honduras was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, killing at least 5,000 people and destroying 70% of the country's crops. The damage was estimated at $3bn, setting development back by decades
[Picture by: Sean Sprague]
