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Honduras's emergency agency issued a 48-hour green alert for Tegucigalpa, areas around Lake Yojoa, and 15 communities in Alianza municipality due to forecast rains that could cause flooding and landslides in vulnerable zones.

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.

Rising water levels at Lake Yojoa are inundating homes, farmland, and roads in Santa Bárbara and Cortés departments, displacing hundreds of families and destroying crops as the lake's behavior—linked to hydroelectric dam operations and heavy rains—raises questions about water management.

Search-and-rescue teams are combing Lake Yojoa after a reported capsizing involving four people, while authorities report heavy rains, landslides, and a death by lightning strike across Honduras during the Morazán holiday week.

Javier Rodolfo Chávez, 44, from Villanueva in Cortés, drowned in Lake Yojoa when a sudden storm caused rough waves that swamped the small fishing boat he and friends were in.

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.