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Hurricane Richard was the seventeenth named storm and the tenth hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center declared it a tropical storm on October 20.

Throughout Belize, Hurricane Richard caused about US$80 million in damage. Two deaths took place in the country, one direct and the other indirect. One person drowned after his ship broke during the storm. Another was mauled to death by a jaguar that escaped its cage after a tree fell and broke the cage.

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  • TD19 shortly before being classified 2010-10-20

    Tropical Depression Nineteen on October 20, shortly after being classified with a tiny circulation displaced just outside its convection

  • Hurricane Richard (5115797707)

    Blustery conditions on the island of Roatán, off the northern coast of Honduras

  • Richard oct 25 2010 0245Z

    Hurricane Richard making landfall on Belize on October 25

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