FranceField of soft wheat laid flat because of wind and rain. - - General: General.

HondurasAerial shots of damage by Hurricane Mitch to agricultural land: African palm crops covered in mud. - - General: General. A tragedy of immense proportions afflicted the four Central American countries...

HondurasAgricultural devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch. Damaged sugar cane crops. - - General: General. A tragedy of immense proportions afflicted the four Central American countries of Honduras, Nicaragu...

HondurasChild eating food supplied by the World Food Programme's food relief efforts. - - General: General. A tragedy of immense proportions afflicted the four Central American countries of Honduras, Nicaragu...

NicaraguaSorghum crop destroyed by mud left by flooding caused by Hurricane Mitch. Approximately 60% of the sorghum crop was lost. - - General: General. A tragedy of immense proportions afflicted the four Cent...

HondurasPineapple field destroyed by mud and sand in the wake of flooding caused by Hurricane Mitch. - - General: General. A tragedy of immense proportions afflicted the four Central American countries of Hon...

HondurasBanana crop destroyed by Hurricane Mitch. Production and export of bananas, a main hard currency earner for Honduras, totally disappeared. This had serious consequences for the financial position of t...

HondurasBanana crop destroyed by Hurricane Mitch. Production and export of bananas, a main hard currency earner for Honduras, totally disappeared. This had serious consequences for the financial position of t...

MauritaniaHomes, which will soon be totally covered by shifting sand. - - Sand Dune Fixation. Mauritania, one of the countries most vulnerable to sand silting and dune movement, is ecologically predisposed to A...

EthiopiaA family huddles in a makeshift shelter at the Ebanat camp, in the Bedemder region, 140 southeast of Gondar, where about 3,000 families of refugees came running away from drought.Each family receives...