A collapse in the road near El Balin, Santa Cruz, Yojoa, prevented vehicular passage between San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa during Saturday night and Sunday morning. A collapse of mud and rocks occurred near the community of Los Chorros, where a recent tragedy resulted in the death of six children when the walls of the house where they slept […]
Heavy rains and winds have hit the northern city of La Ceiba, Honduras, and city officials are reporting flooding in addition to blackouts where strong winds have affected transmission lines. UPDATE: The La Ceiba airport is closed for the day. The Roatan airport closed at approximately 1 pm. The Department of Yoro is also reporting […]
Extreme flooding occurring in Central America has led U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to remind everyone of immigration benefits available, upon request, to eligible nationals from countries in that region. USCIS understands that a natural disaster can affect an individual’s ability to establish or maintain lawful immigration status. Temporary relief measures available to eligible […]
The Institute of Retirement and Pensions of Public Employees (Instituto de Jubilaciones y Pensiones de los Empleados Públicos – INJUPEMP) workers, along with their Board of Directors, donated nearly 100,000 lempiras worth of food to help with the current crisis the southern part of Honduras is facing. The supplies were handed over to the head […]
Authorities of the Permanent Contingency Commission (COPECO) on Friday, October 14, 2011, enacted a yellow alert for 48 hours for the departments of Choluteca and Valle, due to constant rains that are falling in those areas. The surf is above normal, i.e. between 8 and 10 feet, so the fishermen in the Gulf of Fonseca […]