dummy title

[1] Honduras braced as category 5 Hurricane Mitch approached. [2] Slow-moving Mitch battered the Honduran coast for 3 days. [3] Honduran death estimates grew from 32 to 231 in the first days, to 6,076, with 4,621 missing. [4] About 2,000 were killed in Nicaragua, 239 in El Salvador, 194 in Guatemala, 6 in southern Mexico and 7 in Costa Rica. [5] The EU approved 6.4 million ecu in aid to Mitch's victims. [6] The Pope appealed for aid. [7] The US boosted aid to $70 million. [8] A id workers struggled to reach survivors in danger. [9] Hurricane winds, rain and floods caused massive damage to homes, businesses, roads and bridges. [10] Latest reports estimate over 10,000 killed in Central America. [11]