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In 1900, there was a Republican President, William McKinley. The hurricane struck September 8, 1900. On November 9, 1900, William McKinley was elected President of the United States.
Hurricane Mitch was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever observed, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph. Mitch battered the isthmus joining North America and South America (Central America) from October 22, 1998 to November 5, 1998, killing about 11,000 people. It was the deadliest hurricane in over 200 years, and second deadliest ever.
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It is second only to the Great Hurricane of 1780, which killed an estimated 22,000 people.
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