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The History Hour: Hurricane Mitch

Hurricane Mitch

02/11/2013

BBC World Service - The History Hour, Hurricane Mitch

Massive storms in Central America, Indira Gandhi's murder, plus Black Monday on Wall St.

This week, we look back at massive storms in Central America, Indira Gandhi's assassination and Black Monday on Wall St. Plus we have items on propaganda broadcasts for Japan in WW2 and the first suicide helpline.

Photo: A young man balances on a log to get across a river swollen by the storms in Honduras. (Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images)

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