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Rising water levels at Lake Yojoa are inundating homes, farmland, and roads in Santa Bárbara and Cortés departments, displacing hundreds of families and destroying crops as the lake's behavior—linked to hydroelectric dam operations and heavy rains—raises questions about water management.

A study by Plan Internacional found that hundreds of Honduran children have abandoned hopes of reaching the United States and now live in Mexican camps, where fear of authorities, discrimination, and exposure to violence have left them trapped in prolonged displacement.