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Honduras's disaster agency extended a green alert to Santa Bárbara department and maintained a yellow alert for low-lying areas along the Goascorán River through October 9, with rains expected to cause flooding, landslides, and fallen trees.

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's emergency agency declared yellow alert for Las Vegas and green alert for other Santa Bárbara municipalities after intense rainfall caused flooding, swollen rivers, and evacuations.

A shallow 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck 64 kilometers north of Tegucigalpa on July 21 at 12:35 a.m., with no reported injuries or damage.

Honduras's disaster agency is coordinating damage assessments and pre-positioning humanitarian aid for communities in the Moskitia region of Gracias a Dios affected by heavy rains, with deliveries challenging due to geographic and climate barriers.

City authorities and disaster officials launched a technical investigation into a hillside collapse on the Tegucigalpa ring road that killed three workers and damaged warehouses, aiming to determine the cause and prevent similar disasters.

Copeco warned that Honduras will face heavy rainfall and electrical storms from June 15–21 as a trough and tropical wave move across the country, with the southern and western departments expected to see the most intense precipitation.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Honduras on Friday morning, centered 132 kilometers southwest of La Virtud in Lempira, with no reported damage or injuries on land.

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.