Honduras Daily by Location

Though Tropical Storm Boris poses no direct threat, a separate tropical depression forming off the Pacific coast will push moisture inland, bringing heavy rainfall to eight southwestern, central, and southern departments, with risks of flooding and landslides.

Honduras's agricultural authority confirmed H5N1 avian influenza in black vultures found dead in El Higuito, Lempira, and activated containment protocols; domestic poultry in the area remain healthy, but officials urged stronger biosecurity measures.

Police detained at a hospital the woman accused of giving birth and abandoning her newborn daughter in vegetation in Lempira; she will face aggravated child abandonment charges upon recovery, while the infant remains stable under medical observation.

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.

Special Cocaine Task Force (FESCCO) agents arrested four people carrying 135 packages of suspected cocaine in Lempira Department and secured judicial detention orders against them.

Honduras's national weather service forecasts light to moderate rainfall continuing across the southwestern and western regions of the country.

Honduran Armed Forces, coordinating with the Forestry Conservation Institute and local schools, planted 5,000 pine seedlings across reforestation sites in Olancho, Lempira, and the Distrito Central ahead of Arbor Day.