Friday, March 26, 2010

Hurricanes


Hurricane Iris
Category 4

Hurricane Iris started as a tropical storm on October 4, 2001. It went from the eastern Caribbean, to Jamaica, and then to Belize where it became a category 4 hurricane. When it made landfall on Belize, it quickly weakened.

There were a total of 31 deaths, 20 in Belize, 8 in Guatemala, and 3 in the Dominican Republic. Hurricane Iris caused severe damage to parts of southern Belize

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