Two separate vehicle-swept incidents were reported in Comayagua department during September flooding. In Meámbar, Honduras Fire Department officials reported three deaths after a vehicle was swept away while attempting to cross the swollen La Hacienda river on 20 September. In a separate Esquías incident, firefighters recovered the body of Nixon Romero…
MEÁMBAR: 3 DEATHS · ESQUÍAS: 1 DEATH · SEPARATE INCIDENTS
MSF has launched a dengue response in Tegucigalpa combining clinical support, community engagement and measures to reduce transmission during the seasonal rise in cases.
A wildfire event occurred on 2-3 October in Guanaja Island (Islas de la Bahía Department, Honduras) leading to casualties and damage. Media report, four injured people, 62 displaced citizens, while about 2,500 individuals (approximately 62% of the island’s population) have been affected by the wildfire event, according
A wildfire event occurred on 2-3 October in Guanaja Island (Islas de la Bahía Department, Honduras) leading to casualties and damage. Media report, four injured people, 62 displaced citizens, while about 2,500 individuals (approximately 62% of the island’s population) have been affected by the wildfire event, according
One month after hurricanes Eta and Iota hit Central America and Colombia, affecting more than 7.5 million people, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warns that millions are still in need of immediate humanitarian support in what has become one of the most challenging disasters faced by the region in recent…
Pedro Pérez, Country Director Interim of Plan International Nicaragua, said: “Although a full picture of the damage caused by Hurricane Eta is still unfolding, we are concerned for the welfare of thousands of children whose homes may have been destroyed, or are in urgent need of basic supplies such as food and clean water. “Plan International Nicaragua…
GOAL teams in Honduras are responding to support communities who have seen their livelihoods devastated in the remote La Moskitia region after Hurricane Eta ripped through the region. The storm caused catastrophic landslides and flooding in Central America with Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala the worst affected regions with scores dead and more than…
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (November 16, 2020) – Hundreds of thousands of children in Nicaragua and Honduras may be in the path of Hurricane Iota just two weeks after Hurricane Eta battered the same region, impacting over two million people and leaving children without food, shelter and an education, Save the Children warns. Hurricane Iota is scheduled to make…
Panama/Geneva, 10 November 2020 – The national, regional, and global resources of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) are being mobilized as the full, destructive picture of Eta begins to emerge across Central America. According to Red Cross assessments, more than 2.5 million people from Panama to Belize have been…