Honduras Weather News

The Honduran Fire Department is maintaining round-the-clock watch over a sinkhole in the Kennedy neighborhood of Tegucigalpa where heavy rains have put several homes at risk, while the municipal government works on stabilization measures.

Rains since September 19 have left three dead in Siguatepeque and triggered floods, landslides, and sinkholes across Honduras; firefighters continue searching for a missing driver swept away by the Vallecillo River in Comayagua, while a five-meter sinkhole in Tegucigalpa threatens 14 homes.

Firefighters responded to numerous emergencies across Tegucigalpa on September 24 after intense rainfall, including rescuing a man from a storm drain, clearing a landslide blocking the road to Valle de Ángeles, and addressing a sinkhole that threatens about ten homes.

A sinkhole up to four meters deep has damaged 12 homes in Tegucigalpa's Kennedy neighborhood, and authorities are evaluating a preventive evacuation of about 55 residents — including elderly people and an infant — pending a technical assessment, with an emergency shelter already prepared.

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's emergency management agency extended a green weather alert for 36 hours across nine departments and the capital district due to unstable atmospheric conditions that could cause heavy rains, flooding, and landslides in vulnerable areas.

Honduras's weather service predicts heavy rainfall and electrical activity across central, western, and eastern regions from Tuesday through Thursday due to converging humid winds from the Caribbean and Pacific, with southern areas under alert for intensifying storms Friday.

The United Nations has activated an urgent response to a prolonged drought affecting 103 municipalities across Honduras's Dry Corridor, threatening food security and agricultural production as crop losses mount.

Hurricane Polo reached Category 5 strength off Mexico's Pacific coast with maximum sustained winds of 270 km/h (168 mph), and while it poses no direct threat to Honduras, officials say Pacific cyclones can indirectly affect the country's southern and southwestern regions through shifts in atmospheric patterns.

Tegucigalpa's municipal government suspended the Capital Fest, a series of events marking the city's 448th anniversary, citing red alerts for drought and yellow alerts for heavy rain affecting the capital.

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.

A stationary trough will continue generating rainfall across Honduras through Friday or Saturday, with accumulated precipitation reaching up to 40 millimeters in affected regions.

Tegucigalpa's city government (AMDC) launched a cleanup operation on World Cleanup Day following storms that struck the capital on Saturday.

Honduras's capital faces a red alert for water shortage even as heavy rains this week threaten flooding, with the mayor warning that about 90% of drainage and stream blockages stem from trash accumulation and abandoned vehicles.

The Tegucigalpa municipal government suspended the Capital Fest festival scheduled for this weekend due to a red drought alert and yellow rain alert affecting the capital, citing public safety as the priority.

A pickup truck carrying a family was swept away by a swollen river between Nueva Suyapa and Agua Fría in Comayagua on September 20; all three occupants—Darwin Montoya Suazo, 36; Rosario Montoya Suazo, 42; and Lester Velásquez Montoya, 6—were found dead.

About 400 farmers in Valle Department received 400,000 pounds of sorghum and corn silage from the Agriculture Ministry to feed livestock amid drought conditions, in a program costing 1.2 million lempiras (about $48,000) across nine municipalities.

Heavy rainfall Saturday night in Tegucigalpa caused 10 floods, a sinkhole, a landslide, a cave-in, a downed tree, and a damaged pedestrian bridge across multiple neighborhoods, with an overflowing stream flooding workshops and homes in Hato de Enmedio.

The Atlantic basin has produced five tropical storms but zero hurricanes through mid-September 2026—well below the typical four hurricanes by this date—as strengthening El Niño conditions in the Pacific suppress Atlantic storm development.

Climate expert César Quintanilla projects Honduras's 2026 rainy season will end by late October, with little to no rainfall expected in November when cold fronts typically arrive, except for sporadic showers on the north coast.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Molina said Honduras is ready to begin cloud-seeding operations across 1.8–2 million hectares, mainly in the drought-stricken Dry Corridor, once suitable cloud formations appear and remaining equipment arrives.

Streets in the Kennedy neighborhood of Tegucigalpa flooded on September 19 after heavy downpours hit the capital.

Honduras's dry-season break (canícula) is ending, and the National Center for Atmospheric Studies forecasts continuous rainfall across the country in the coming period.

A severe drought has destroyed maize and bean harvests for about 2,000 farming families in Cantarranas, Francisco Morazán, prompting the mayor to seek emergency aid from the government as farmers fear losing the fall planting season as well.

Over 37,000 families in 37 drought-affected municipalities have received humanitarian assistance, and the government is preparing well-drilling, livestock feed, agricultural incentives, and cloud-seeding as additional measures while monitoring the autumn harvest season.

Drought-driven scarcity is pushing up prices at the Feria del Agricultor, with broccoli, potatoes, sweet potato, and pineapple all rising while onions, tomatoes, and beets hold steady.

Honduras will experience scattered rain, moderate showers, and thunderstorms throughout the day with heaviest precipitation in the eastern, central, western, and southern regions; temperatures will reach up to 35°C in the south.

Tegucigalpa's mayor coordinated the deployment of more than 20 first-response teams to strategic points across the capital ahead of forecast heavy rain this weekend to accelerate emergency care in vulnerable neighborhoods.

A tropical wave interacting with Pacific winds will bring moderate to heavy rainfall and thunderstorms across much of Honduras on Sunday, September 20, with the heaviest accumulation expected in the south, southwest, central, and eastern regions.

Intense rain on September 19 caused widespread flooding in Tegucigalpa, damaging pedestrian bridges, triggering landslides, cutting power in parts of the capital, and trapping at least one family in their vehicle until firefighters rescued them.