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Susana Sabillón, from the village of Pajuiles, died on October 23 when the strong current of the Rio Dorado swept away the vehicle she and her husband were traveling in near Tela, Atlántida; her husband survived.

Families displaced by landslides in Villa Unión, a neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, will receive promised government aid for rental payments on Thursday, according to SIMGER director Julio Quiñónez.

Honduras's disaster agency extended a green alert to Santa Bárbara department and maintained a yellow alert for low-lying areas along the Goascorán River through October 9, with rains expected to cause flooding, landslides, and fallen trees.

A landslide triggered by heavy rain damaged 13 homes in Villa Unión neighborhood in Tegucigalpa on October 8, affecting over 70 people; the mayor said no lives were lost and cleanup and evacuation efforts are underway.

Heavy rains caused four houses to collapse in the La Laguna neighborhood of Tegucigalpa on October 7; firefighters rescued one person and are searching for three others believed trapped under the rubble.

José Ángel Pineda and his daughter Jackelin, 11, drowned in Santa Bárbara on October 3 after heavy rains swelled a stream they were crossing on their way home from a carnival.

Saturday rainfall across Tegucigalpa caused multiple emergencies including two children rescued from a swollen creek, landslides, fallen trees, and two people injured by electrical contact, prompting emergency teams to conduct inspections across the capital.

Rainfall in the Lepaterique mountains fed the Los Laureles reservoir, raising its level from 33.54% to 41.12% capacity in 24 hours, providing relief to Tegucigalpa's drinking water supply system.

Honduras completed its first cloud-seeding operation on September 26, dispersing silver iodide from an aircraft over moisture-laden clouds to stimulate rainfall in drought-affected areas, with about 20 additional flights planned over the next two to three months.

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.

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

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.

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

Agriculture Minister Moisés Molina announced a cloud-seeding program using 2,000 liters of silver iodide across 20 flights to boost rainfall over roughly two million hectares affected by drought, targeting the dry corridor and reservoirs supplying Tegucigalpa.

Honduras's emergency agency declared yellow alert for Las Vegas and green alert for other Santa Bárbara municipalities after intense rainfall caused flooding, swollen rivers, and evacuations.

A fire that started in a grass field rapidly spread to residential homes in La Rivera de La Vega, Tegucigalpa, prompting families to evacuate their belongings as firefighters deployed six units to combat the blaze.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered near Roatán in the Bay Islands struck on August 24 at 9:13 p.m., with no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Seventy-five Honduran municipalities in red alert for severe drought requested early disbursement of August and September government transfers, with 63 of them already receiving early payments to address the El Niño-driven emergency.

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck Santa Bárbara early Thursday at 4:28 a.m. with a depth of just 1 kilometer near Las Vegas, causing no reported injuries or damage but adding to recent seismic activity in Honduras.

Honduras's government declared a 120-day red alert for 75 municipalities hit by El Niño-driven drought, affecting over 134,000 families, and began distributing food aid while coordinating water access and agricultural protection measures.

Copeco is maintaining a 48-hour green alert for the Lago de Yojoa and Tegucigalpa areas as a surface trough brings weak to moderate rain and showers across most of Honduras, with risks of river flooding, landslides, and falling trees in vulnerable areas.

A landslide in the Mololoa neighborhood of Tegucigalpa damaged seven homes and displaced about 20 people from five families, with emergency crews clearing debris and assessing risk of further slides if heavy rains continue.

A weather system will bring heavy clouds, moderate rainfall, and electrical activity Sunday, October 4, with the strongest storms concentrated in the western, central, and southern regions.

Honduras begins cloud-seeding flights on Saturday from Tegucigalpa's Toncontín airport between 3 and 6 p.m. to stimulate rainfall in drought-affected regions, including the Francisco Morazán reservoir and the dry corridor near San Marcos de Colón in Choluteca.

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.

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.

A tropical wave moving through Honduras this Sunday and Monday will bring weak to moderate scattered showers to eastern, central, northern, southwestern, and southern regions, with the heaviest activity on Sunday.

A tropical wave will move across Honduras on Saturday, August 22, bringing light rains and isolated showers, with heavier rainfall expected in western, central, and northern regions and waves of 1 to 3 feet on both coasts.

Honduras will see mostly dry conditions on August 19, with only weak, isolated rainfall in the northern and eastern regions; the southern region will reach a high of 40°C (104°F), while the central region will see 32°C (90°F).