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Heavy rains caused four houses to collapse in the La Laguna neighborhood of Tegucigalpa on October 7; firefighters rescued one person and are searching for three others believed trapped under the rubble.

The Armed Forces' Humanitarian and Rescue Battalion is clearing roads and assisting residents in Tegucigalpa neighborhoods including La Cañada and Los Hidalgos following recent heavy rains.

The Honduran Fire Department is maintaining round-the-clock watch over a sinkhole in the Kennedy neighborhood of Tegucigalpa where heavy rains have put several homes at risk, while the municipal government works on stabilization measures.

A sinkhole up to four meters deep has damaged 12 homes in Tegucigalpa's Kennedy neighborhood, and authorities are evaluating a preventive evacuation of about 55 residents — including elderly people and an infant — pending a technical assessment, with an emergency shelter already prepared.

Copeco is maintaining a 48-hour green alert for the Lago de Yojoa and Tegucigalpa areas as a surface trough brings weak to moderate rain and showers across most of Honduras, with risks of river flooding, landslides, and falling trees in vulnerable areas.