The 1974 Atlantic hurricane season delivered two catastrophic storms that exposed critical vulnerabilities in Central American infrastructure and disaster preparedness. Hurricane Fifi killed at least 8,210 people in Honduras—making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since the 1900 Galveston disaster—when torrential rainfall triggered devastating floods that destroyed banana crops and left 150,000 homeless. Hurricane Carmen struck twice at Category 3-4 intensity, first devastating Mexico's Yucat