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Tegucigalpa's municipal government has temporarily moved nighttime pothole-repair work to daytime hours because of heavy rain affecting the capital, aiming to maintain road maintenance while minimizing traffic disruption.

Tropical Storm Cristina weakened to a tropical depression but continues to threaten Central America with heavy rainfall, high surf, and flooding alerts; Costa Rica reported five people missing after two boats capsized off Guanacaste.

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 disaster agency is tracking a low-pressure system off the Pacific coast with a 70% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone within 48 hours.

Tropical Storm Cristina is expected to bring heavy rains to multiple zones across Honduras this week, according to the National Center for Meteorology.

Tropical Storm Cristina, with sustained winds of 75 km/h positioned 160 kilometers west of Managua, threatens Honduras's Pacific coast with intense rainfall, flash flooding, and landslides through Thursday morning, with some areas expecting up to 12 inches of rain.

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.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two low-pressure areas off Central America and Mexico with 70% and 80% chances of cyclonic development within seven days; tropical storm Amanda poses no threat to the region.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center is tracking two low-pressure systems in the eastern Pacific; one near Mexico and Guatemala has a 20% chance of becoming a cyclone in seven days, while a second southwest of Baja California has a 90% probability of developing into a tropical depression by midweek, though Copeco says neither currently poses direct danger to Honduras.

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.

Authorities have ordered the suspension of fishing and navigation in Honduras's Pacific Gulf due to waves up to 8 feet high from Tropical Storm Cristina, affecting at least 150 families and 2,500 fishers in the region.