The country’s Congress says it will push back the elections by two weeks to November 30.

Intense rains and a cold front in recent weeks have hit 600,000 people and left 34 dead and 16 missing, officials say.

Flooding in all but one of Honduras’ 18 provinces has destroyed 80 percent of roads and nearly 8,500 homes. Authorities estimate total damages at $154 million.

More than 4.2 million Hondurans will decide the candidates for president, vice president, Congress and thousands of local races. The general elections will be held in November 2009.

President Manuel Zelaya’s four-year term ends in January 2010