The Choluteca River (Spanish: Río Grande o Choluteca) is a major river in southern Honduras. Its source is in the department of Francisco Morazán, and from there it flows through the city of Tegucigalpa, the department of El Paraíso, and the department and city of Choluteca. The mouth of the river is near the coastal town of Cedeño, on the Gulf of Fonseca. The Murray River in Australia. ... Francisco Morazán is one of the departments of Honduras. ... Central Tegucigalpa as seen from La Tigra National Park. ... El ParaÃso is one of the 18 departments (departamentos) into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. ... Choluteca is one of the 18 departments (departamentos) into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided. ... Choluteca is a municipality in the Honduran department of Choluteca. ... Gulf of Fonseca from space, July 1997 The Gulf of Fonseca (Spanish: Golfo de Fonseca) is a gulf in Central America, bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. ...
The flooding of this river was a major source of destruction in Hurricane Mitch in 1998. It washed out entire neighborhoods in Tegucigalpa, and eventually swelled to six times its normal size in Choluteca. There it destroyed neighborhoods and part of the commercial center. Lowest pressure 905 mbar (hPa) Damages $5+ billion (1998 USD) $6–7 billion (2005 USD) Fatalities 11,000–18,000 direct (deadliest Atlantic hurricane since 1780 hurricane) Areas affected Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Yucatán Peninsula, south Florida Part of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Mitch was one... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
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