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At least 15 people have died due to the rains that have hit Honduras since late September, and the country's president, Xiomara Castro, called the National Risk Management System (Sinager) to address the national emergency.

The meeting, scheduled for 10 a.m. local time at the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, aims to "continue and prevent immediate emergency actions, rescue, and protection of the population and their property," the Honduran president said on social media.

" Torrential rains in Tegucigalpa, other departments, and municipalities have caused flooding, landslides , and I'm reporting the tragic death of a 23-year-old woman in a neighborhood of the Honduran capital," the Honduran president lamented.

The recent rainfall has caused serious damage in the capital, with flooded homes, landslides, and impassable roads, as well as damage in several municipalities in the country's interior.




According to the latest report from the Secretariat of Risk and Contingency Management , the death toll has risen to 15, 13 of whom died by drowning, one by the collapse of their home, and another by a falling tree. Nearly 29,000 people have been affected.

Regarding infrastructure, the report details that 2,033 homes have been damaged and 76 have been completely destroyed, and 91 communities remain cut off due to flooding rivers and streams, landslides, and damage to the road network.

The Honduran Fire Department reported the rescue of 30 people and the response to at least nine floods and four landslides in Tegucigalpa .

Risk management authorities and relief agencies have been deployed to the affected areas, coordinating the relocation and care of families, and setting up temporary shelters .

The Civil Protection agency maintains a 24-hour red alert (emergency) in four municipalities in the departments of Francisco Morazán, Valle, and Choluteca (central and southern parts of the country).

Another 9 departments are on yellow alert (preventive evacuation) and 3 more are on green alert (preventive).

The director of the National Center for Atmospheric, Oceanographic and Seismic Studies (Cenaos), Francisco Argeñal, told reporters that the rains will continue to affect Honduras and announced that a tropical wave will enter the country on Monday (20).

(Translated by Google)