Tropical Storm Sara has hit several Central American countries hard, causing two dead and leaving more than 100,000 affected people in its wake, mainly in Honduras, Belize and Guatemala.
Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, has been declared on high alert due to damage caused by the rains. A three-year-old boy died this Sunday in the north of the country swept away by the waters of an overflowing river. Another man has died from submersion, he is a man in the Olanchito sector, also in the department of Yoro.
As a result of the flooding of the rivers that cross the Honduran capital, mainly the Choluteca, which its flow rose four metersseveral important bridges that connect it with the twin city of Comayagüela, were closed by the Municipal Mayor’s Office.
Hundreds of people have been evacuated in the last two days as a result of the rains that have hit the entire Central American country since Thursday, with greater rainfall throughout the region. Caribbean regionwhich is the most productive in agricultural, industrial and commercial matters.
In Tegucigalpa, also crossed by geological faultssome families were forced by lifeguards to abandon their modest homes, in neighborhoods located on the banks of rivers and streams that were flooded.
After hitting Honduras hard, Sara crossed into Belize with a northwesterly direction between early morning and Sunday morning and weakened since it made landfall until it became a tropical depression.
Belizean authorities They did not report any deaths, although due to heavy rains, “serious flooding” was recorded in the course of the Macal River and some landslides on the eastern slopes of the Mayan Mountain Range, in the central area of the country.
The country’s main airport remained closed until Monday and, although the storm has already passed through the country, heavy rains are still being recorded.
In the north of Guatemala, Sara arrived weakened but the rains in the departments of Petén, Izabal and Alta Verapaz, in the north of the country, caused flooding and increased flow in some rivers, affecting at least 11,102 people. Four bridges and eight roads were damaged.
“Despite the decrease in intensity, cloudiness and intermittent rains are expected to continue over several regions of the country,” Guatemalan authorities indicated in their latest report. Although they warned that flooding and landslides could occur in the next 24 hours.
Central America flooded
Although Sara was declared a tropical storm last Thursday, its slow formation in the Caribbean for at least two weeks affected several Central American countries.
At least four people died and another four remain missing in Costa Rica. Almost 3,000 people were taken to shelters, and landslides and overflowing rivers affected hundreds of homes, roads and bridges.
Costa Rica declared a state of emergency and the red alert still persists on the Pacific coast.
In Panama The situation was similar, with at least 11 deaths in the western area, near Costa Rica, where three provinces are on red alert.
Nicaragua reported the disappearance of a person swept away by a swollen river, more than 2,000 people evacuated and 18 channels overflowed.
El Salvador It was the country that suffered the least from Sara, although certain areas recorded an increase in rivers that overflowed causing flooding in agricultural lands.
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