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About 60 homes in the Villa Ernestina neighborhood of San Pedro Sula were flooded by heavy rains in the past 48 hours, with 10 houses suffering structural damage including wall cracks and foundation instability near a creek bed.

Honduras will experience scattered to moderate rain in the north and northeast regions Saturday, with weak isolated showers in the west and center, while the south remains mostly dry, according to Copeco's weather forecast.

A high-pressure system is forecast to bring 60–70 millimeters of rain to northern Honduras this weekend through early Monday, with Copeco warning of urban flooding risk in San Pedro Sula and other departments as river levels rise.

A cold front is forecast to arrive in northern Honduras this weekend, potentially bringing heavy rain, lightning, and flooding risk to cities including San Pedro Sula, El Progreso, and Puerto Cortés, with officials monitoring its development.

Rising waters in Lake Yojoa have forced more than 30 families to abandon their homes in Santa Cruz de Yojoa communities, while restaurants, tourism businesses, and sections of the CA-5 highway face damage and reduced access.

The Río Ulúa in El Progreso, Yoro, rose to 3.80 meters from 2 meters, triggering water seepage in low-lying areas and a levee breach in San José del Cayo and Miller sectors that has caused street flooding.

A young man identified as Joel from El Sauce, Comayagua, was swept away by strong currents in a river and found dead two days later in the village of La Joya, El Rosario municipality.

Honduras's emergency agency declared a 48-hour green alert for San Pedro Sula and the capital district due to moderate rainfall, river swelling, and flood risk from atmospheric instability combining Pacific and Caribbean moisture.

Heavy rains in San Pedro Sula on October 3 left about 230 families with damaged homes and possessions, with authorities attributing the severity partly to garbage blocking storm drains at 34 critical points across the city.

An approximately hour-long downpour on October 2 flooded main streets in San Pedro Sula, particularly in the Paz Barahona neighborhood, sweeping away a cargo motorcycle and forcing some drivers to pull onto sidewalks to wait out the storm.

El Niño is warming Atlantic waters and suppressing tropical cyclone development, with forecasters expecting only about 7 hurricanes in 2026 compared to a typical season's 15, though October and November remain the wettest and most active months for Honduras.

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.

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.

Heavy rains caused the Río Helado to overflow in Los Naranjos, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, affecting 275 people including 95 children; fallen trees blocked water flow and authorities are providing cleanup and aid.

Hurricanes Karina and Lowell both reached Category 4 strength with 145 mph winds on September 2, while Tropical Storm Marie strengthened nearby and a fourth system is being monitored for possible development.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three Atlantic systems, with a low-pressure zone southwest of Cape Verde having a 70% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone within seven days, though it poses no immediate threat to Honduras.

Honduras experiences its second annual passage of the sun directly overhead (the zenith) between August 7–16, when objects temporarily cast minimal shadows as solar rays strike vertically; each city experiences the phenomenon at a different time.

A mass of Saharan dust is affecting Honduras through next week with moderate particle concentrations expected to irritate airways and worsen asthma, bronchitis, and other respiratory conditions, prompting health authorities to recommend limiting outdoor exposure and wearing protective masks.

A 39-year-old fisherman rescued after 20 hours adrift off Corozal was treated for hypothermia and sun exposure, but his 16-year-old crewmate, Joseth David Vuelto García, remains missing since their boat capsized in rough seas on Friday.

Honduras's government will provide emergency food aid to approximately 40,000 families affected by drought in the southern region, and also plans infrastructure repairs and water projects to address longer-term effects of the dry spell.

Residents in earthquake-affected areas are returning to damaged homes despite ongoing structural concerns and persistent fear of aftershocks.

Authorities warned Hondurans this weekend to limit outdoor exposure to elevated Sahara dust concentrations (30–60 micrograms per cubic meter, expected to rise), scattered rainfall in the north and west, and possible aftershocks from Friday's magnitude-7-plus earthquake off Mexico's Pacific coast.

Francisco, 16, was swept away by the Río Patuca current in Catacamas, Olancho, on Tuesday while attempting to cross on a burro; his body was recovered on Friday after a three-day search as heavy rains from a weather system affected the region.

Rescue teams are searching for two men who disappeared while attempting to cross the swollen Wampú and Los Mangos rivers in Gracias a Dios and Olancho after heavy rains, with over 2,000 people displaced and homes damaged across the region.

Honduras's disaster agency extended a 48-hour green alert for the Central District and Lake Yojoa areas due to a weather system bringing moderate rainfall and lightning, and warned residents to avoid swollen rivers and seek shelter during electrical storms.

Copeco reported moderate to heavy rainfall continuing through midnight across Choluteca, Valle, Francisco Morazán, Santa Bárbara, southern Cortés, Comayagua, and Yoro, with risks of flash flooding in streams and ravines.

A weather system will bring moderate to occasionally heavy rain and thunderstorms to western, central, and southern Honduras on Saturday, with lighter isolated showers expected in the north and east.

A weather system combining Caribbean and Pacific moisture with a surface trough will bring moderate rains and electrical storms nationwide on Sunday, with the heaviest rainfall expected in western, central, and southern Honduras.

Copeco forecasts weak afternoon rainfall on Friday in northwestern, northern, and eastern Honduras due to moisture moving in from the Caribbean, following a warm and dry morning.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake centered off Chiapas, Mexico, on Friday morning was felt across Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador but caused no reported deaths or severe structural damage, unlike twin Venezuelan quakes in June that killed thousands.