This phenomenon paralyzed the city during 45 minutes while the rain fell; the strong rains caused alarm among the citizens, reason why the rescue teams advised the population to remain calm and not to leave their houses or businesses to avoid exposing their lives.

The Firemen made their way to different areas of Tegucigalpa to attend the emergencies that where cause by the storm specially in areas such as Colonia Kennedy, San Jose de la Vega, Residencial Los Llanos, Tepeyac, barrio Los Encuentros, Altos de Miramontes, Miraflores, residencial Plaza, Las Palmas, San Francisco, and Parque Colon monument near the Toncontin Airport. The firemen also rescued three people that where trapt in an elevator because of the power outage in a building in Comayaguela where one person injured his column and had to be hospitalized after being rescued from the elevator.

According to neighbors from different sectors of the capital, the rain started at 1:05 in the afternoon and in a few minutes, the capital was covered by a dark cloud that brought rain, hail, strong winds and thunderstorms during 30 minutes.

During these 30 minutes, the population was in anguish because the strong winds and the rain. People that where outside of their homes at the moment found refuge in businesses and other buildings nearby.

After the storm was over, the fire department started to clear the streets where trees and advertisement signs had fallen to the ground. They also helped out people whose houses had been flooded because of the storm.

According to reports from the fire department, several trees fell to the ground, 20 homes where flooded, 4 cars where damaged because of advertisement signs fell on them, and dozens of vehicles where damaged because of the floods on the streets.