Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

Nine people are missing in the aftermath of Agatha. According to Copeco, the missing people are eight fishermen who were working in the Pacific Ocean and one soldier in a La Mosquitia community in the northeast of the country.

Agatha destroyed 11 bridges, 675 houses, 52 communication lines and affected 27 highway sections.

US ambassador to Honduras Hugo Llorens said the United States government will donate $100,000 to Tegucigalpa to help in the relief efforts from Agatha’s destruction. Honduran Finance Minister William Chong Wong said the Inter American Development Bank will aid Honduras with 200,000 dollars, and The World Food Program will also donate 8,000 metric tons of grain.

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The Honduran Permanent Contingency Committee (Copeco) issued a green alert Friday after constant rains caused flooding in the north and in the Caribbean area of Honduras.

Copeco said the measure will be in effect for three days in the departments of Atlantida, Colon, the Bay Islands, Cortes, and in the north of Yoro as well as La Ceiba, one of the most affected areas.

According to Copeco, there will be moderate to strong rains reaching 90mm to 120mm in these regions, and the minimum temperatures will fall to 12 Celsius degrees in the west of the country, 15 degrees in the center and 17 degrees in the east.

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A hardware store in Tocoa caught fire about a half hour ago. Billows of dark smoke and flames are emanating from the building. Fire fighters are on the scene.

This follows an evening of heavy rain throughout northern Honduras. Many streets and crops fields are flooded in Tocoa and neighboring towns as the Aguan river has overflowed.

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