COPECO authorities also announced winds of 45 kilometers per hour especially in areas near the mountains and strong gusts of wind in the rest of Honduras.

COPECO declared red alert for the department of Atlantida yesterday due to the heavy rains causing rivers to overflow and cause floods in different areas. At least 10 families where evacuated from around the Cangrejal river after it overflowed and threatened the houses nearby. The families where taken to the shelter at the Simon Azcona gymnasium in La Ceiba.

Due to the force of the Cangrejal River’s current, the emergency and rescue authorities decided to close the Saopin Bridge to avoid any disasters.

The red alert stopped all activities around the city of La Ceiba, classes where suspended until further notice, private businesses and banks also closed; pharmacies and groceries stores remained opened to the public.

In Sonaguera, Colon, elements from the Olanchito fire department rescued 136 Standard Fruit Company employees that where trapped on the inside of two buses in the middle of the road where the Ponciano and El Lechugoso River caused floods yesterday.

The employees where rescued seven hours after the incident, in which both buses where stuck in the middle of an enormous lake.