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The capital's municipal risk office warns that almost 70% of Tegucigalpa faces vulnerability to landslides, flooding, or subsidence, with 1,528 identified high-risk sites and over 600,000 residents living in 730 at-risk neighborhoods.

The Tegucigalpa–Comayagüela municipal government is implementing staggered work schedules (starting times between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m.) and Friday remote work for administrative staff to reduce fuel consumption and traffic congestion through year-end.

The Tegucigalpa municipal government has identified 763 neighborhoods at high risk from heavy rains and flooding, with 225 communities particularly vulnerable to inundation from the Choluteca River, and plans to invest about L700 million (roughly $28 million) this year in prevention infrastructure.