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Honduras's disaster agency maintained a 48-hour green alert in vulnerable zones around Lake Yojoa and the Central District due to a tropical wave expected to bring heavy rains, flooding, and landslides to eastern, central, and southwestern regions.

Honduras's disaster agency issued a 48-hour Green Alert in vulnerable regions including the Central District and Lake Yojoa due to heavy rainfall, risk of landslides, and flash flooding from Caribbean moisture.

A tropical wave moving into Honduras will bring heavy rain across northern, central, and eastern regions, prompting authorities to warn of potential flooding, swollen rivers, and landslides in vulnerable areas.

More than 600 Honduran families have been affected by rain since October 2, with authorities monitoring swollen rivers including the Ulúa and coordinating humanitarian aid through 23 national emergency agencies.

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.

Rains since September 19 have left three dead in Siguatepeque and triggered floods, landslides, and sinkholes across Honduras; firefighters continue searching for a missing driver swept away by the Vallecillo River in Comayagua, while a five-meter sinkhole in Tegucigalpa threatens 14 homes.

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.

Honduras is experiencing simultaneous floods in some areas and severe drought in others, causing crop failures, water shortages, and economic hardship for farmers who have lost harvests and face difficulty repaying loans.

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization warns that 150,839 agricultural households—mostly in drought-stricken regions including Santa Bárbara, Choluteca, and Lempira, plus flood-prone Cortés—will need emergency aid this year due to droughts, floods, lost crops, and livestock disease.

Honduras's National Center for Atmospheric, Oceanographic and Seismic Studies (Cenaos) says dry conditions will dominate the coming days with no significant weather system bringing heavy rain, offering relief to regions like Olancho and Gracias a Dios that recently suffered flooding.

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.

Copeco issued yellow alerts for the Central District and parts of Valle, and green alerts for Santa Bárbara, Copán, Choluteca, and San Pedro Sula, warning of potential river flooding, landslides, and fallen trees over the next 48 hours.

Honduras extended a Green Alert for 48 hours through three major cities—Alianza, the Central District, and San Pedro Sula—due to continued heavy rains threatening floods and landslides, with the Central, South, and Western regions at highest risk.

Persistent rainfall has saturated soils across central and western Honduras, prompting authorities to warn of heightened risk for landslides, flooding, and falling trees in vulnerable communities; one tree fell on a house in Tegucigalpa causing structural damage.