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=== Hurricane Fifi===
In September 1974, [[Hurricane Fifi–Orlene|Hurricane Fifi]] made landfall in Honduras as a Category 2 hurricane. The northern coastal region of Honduras was ravaged by this hurricane, especially the United Fruit Company's banana plantations which were flattened by high winds and flooded up to thirty feet of storm surge.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tucker |first=Richard P. |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnxtd?turn_away=true |title=Insatiable Appetite: The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World |date=2000 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-22087-4 |edition=1 |doi=10.1525/j.ctt1pnxtd.7}}</ref> Banana plants were vulnerable to flooding and high winds, which uprooted and destroyed these plantations, significantly reducing the company's productivity in Honduras. The hurricane caused extensive damage to the infrastructure such as roads, railways, and ports which all supported banana production since they were used to transport bananas to export markets. Rebuilding this infrastructure added to the economic burden on the company, which eventually led to its demise in June 1970.