Hurricane Janet
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Hurricane Janet was the most powerful tropical cyclone of the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record. Janet was also the first named storm to cause 1,000
Damage in Corozal Town
Helicopter observing flood damage in Tampico
A HUP Retriever on disaster relief mission in Mexico for Hurricane Janet
Little Swan Island hutia
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The Little Swan Island hutia is an extinct species of rodent that lived on Little Swan Island, off northeastern Honduras in the Caribbean. It was a slow-moving, guinea-pig-like rodent and probably eme
Hurricane Janet
…Labor Day hurricane. At least 1,023 deaths were attributed to Hurricane Janet, as well as $65.8 million in damages. It also caused the extinction of the Little Swan Island hutia. A weak tropical disturbance was first reported by the Air France and Iberia airlines east of the Lesser Antilles early on September 21. Although it…
Geocapromys thoracatus