Flooding Risk

Copeco elevated the Central District and La Alianza, Valle, to yellow alert for 48 hours as a trough system brings heavy rainfall to western, central, southern, and northwestern Honduras, with officials warning of risks in streams and low-lying river areas.

Honduras's weather service forecasts significant rainfall throughout the Morazán holiday week due to a tropical wave, a trough, and converging Pacific and Caribbean winds, with risks of river flooding and landslides in vulnerable areas.

Honduras's disaster-management agency declared a 48-hour green alert for Alianza in Valle and maintained the same alert level for the capital and San Pedro Sula due to heavy rains forecast to increase river levels and risk flooding and landslides.

COPECO warned of heavy downpours and electrical storms across Ocotepeque, Lempira, Intibucá, La Paz, northern Choluteca, and southern Francisco Morazán, with risk of sudden flooding in rivers and streams.

Copeco warns that heavy rains and electrical activity will continue through the weekend in Cortés, Santa Bárbara, and Yoro departments, with saturated soils increasing risks of flooding and landslides in vulnerable areas.

A sinkhole in the Kennedy neighborhood of Tegucigalpa has put roughly 12 homes at risk; fire and emergency officials attribute it to a drainage ditch covered by construction encroaching on public easements, and are assessing whether continued rain will worsen the collapse.

Honduras faces intense rainfall this week with accumulations of 60–80 millimeters (2.4–3.1 inches) in some areas, prompting authorities to warn of potential flooding and damage to homes in vulnerable zones.

Cenaos forecasts rain across nearly all of Honduras on Thursday due to an upper-level trough, with potential flooding risks in vulnerable areas.

Honduras's national disaster agency elevated Gracias a Dios department to yellow alert on July 15 and maintained green alert in five Olancho municipalities for 24 hours as persistent rainfall from an upper-level trough raises river levels and flood risk along the Caribbean coast.

Rescue crews searching for four missing people after the Loarque hillside collapse — which brought down more than 20,000 cubic meters of debris, of which only about 5,000 have been removed — may suspend operations tonight if rain develops, the fire chief warned.

Authorities are monitoring high-risk zones in San Pedro Sula for potential landslides and flooding—similar to recent disasters in Tegucigalpa—citing fragile soils, clogged drainage, and heavy rain forecast in the coming days.

Residents of northern El Progreso say the earthen levees built along the Ulúa River lack proper reinforcement and solid barriers to withstand heavy rains, raising fears of flooding in vulnerable communities as the wet season intensifies.

San Pedro Sula and Honduras's emergency agency (Copeco) launched a coordinated prevention plan ahead of the cyclone season, with crews clearing drainage systems and debris from highland areas that officials say clog urban drains during heavy rains.

Though Tropical Storm Boris poses no direct threat, a separate tropical depression forming off the Pacific coast will push moisture inland, bringing heavy rainfall to eight southwestern, central, and southern departments, with risks of flooding and landslides.

Honduras's meteorological authority is monitoring two low-pressure systems over the Pacific that could develop into tropical cyclones, bringing heavy rain to the country Monday and Tuesday as warm ocean temperatures fuel storm formation.

Choluteca's municipal emergency committee launched a round-the-clock operation Sunday as heavy rains struck the department, with crews conducting preventive work and immediate response to assist affected residents.

A tropical wave moving across Honduras on Saturday will bring scattered to moderate rainfall, with the heaviest accumulation of 50–60 mm expected in Lempira, Ocotepeque, and Intibucá, and authorities warning of flooding and landslide risks in vulnerable areas.

Honduras's disaster agency maintained a yellow weather alert for the Gulf of Fonseca coastline due to high waves from Tropical Depression Cristina, while expanding green alerts to two additional departments as heavy rain threatens to swell rivers across central and eastern regions.