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Mayors from Lempira municipalities reported 100% crop losses from ongoing drought and traveled to Tegucigalpa seeking government relief, while the national farm federation warned Honduras should be declared in emergency.

Honduras's risk management agency forecasts the arrival of rainfall across the country starting September 5 after weeks of severe drought affecting more than 230 municipalities, as moisture from the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean moves in.

The Guacerique River, a major tributary supplying the Los Laureles Dam reservoir, has dramatically diminished due to severe drought, raising concerns about water availability for residents across the region.

Gabriela Castellanos, executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Council, criticized the government's handling of a drought affecting dozens of Honduran municipalities, calling it "political negligence" and warning that state efforts remain insufficient for a structural crisis.

The United Nations is committing $80 million to support Honduras in response to a severe drought affecting multiple regions, with funds directed to affected municipalities, early-action programs, safe-water access, and aid for small farmers.

Honduras's national disaster agency placed 75 municipalities on red alert, 71 on yellow alert, and 88 on green alert starting August 18 due to severe drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern.

Congress will hold an emergency session on August 19 with mayors from 75 municipalities under yellow alert to address crop losses, water shortages, and food-security risks, proposing immediate aid to farmers, potable water, food assistance, and investment mechanisms.

Congresswoman Alejandra Burgos, president of Congress's Food Security Commission, reports that 2.2 million Hondurans are in food insecurity due to drought, with 60,000 at critical risk requiring urgent government intervention to prevent severe malnutrition.

Honduras's atmospheric authority warns that rainfall expected in August will fall short of levels needed to restore soil moisture for agricultural planting, particularly in vulnerable regions.

Drought linked to El Niño has pushed Honduras's disaster agency (COPECO) to place 75 municipalities in the dry corridor under indefinite yellow alert, while 49 remain on green alert and 113 are under monitoring for reduced rainfall across six departments.

Honduras's emergency agency raised drought alerts across 237 of the country's 298 municipalities due to reduced rainfall linked to El Niño, with 75 municipalities in the dry corridor placed under yellow alert indefinitely.

Over 30,000 sacks of food worth 4,000 lempiras (about $154) per household are being distributed across 12 municipalities in Honduras's dry corridor to 15,229 families who lost crops to drought.

A tropical wave will bring rain to western Honduras on Tuesday, August 11, but forecasters say the precipitation will be insufficient to relieve the water emergency affecting Tegucigalpa and other regions.