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Honduras's capital and surrounding municipalities are under a yellow weather alert for the next 48 hours as emergency agencies coordinate to protect residents from flooding and landslides in high-risk areas.

A landslide in the Izaguirre neighborhood of Tegucigalpa damaged five homes and displaced 20 people after rainwater weakened the hillside; firefighters assessed the site and offered recommendations.

Emergency response units from Honduras's civil protection agency are working in the Los Cobras and 21 de Octubre neighborhoods of Tegucigalpa to assist residents and monitor conditions after recent heavy rains caused street flooding.

Intense rainfall caused Quebrada La Orejona creek to overflow, submerging a street in the La Alameda neighborhood of Tegucigalpa and putting nearby homes at risk of flooding.

Firefighters in La Esperanza rescued three people trapped by flooding in the Los Arbolitos neighborhood and responded to reports of inundated homes in the Lempira area.

The Goascorán and Nacaome rivers in southern Honduras have risen sharply following heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours, causing flooding in ranching and urban areas of Cubulero and other communities, with authorities warning travelers to avoid swollen waterways.

Tegucigalpa's city government (AMDC) launched a cleanup operation on World Cleanup Day following storms that struck the capital on Saturday.

Heavy rains caused the Patuca River to overflow in Wampusirpi, Gracias a Dios, affecting about 100 people and destroying crops, with the mayor warning the municipality remains at alert as rainfall continues.