Due to drought! 140 municipalities are on red alert, 101 on yellow and 57 on green.

The Secretary of State in the Office of National Risk and Contingency Management is raising 140 municipalities in the country to red alert, including 85 that were on yellow alert for an indefinite period, due to the weather drought associated with the El Niño event, Choluteca, Valle, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Comayagua, Located in the departments of the northern municipalities of La Paz, Intibucá, Lempira, Yoro and Olancho.

Similarly, the prevention agency places 101 municipalities in yellow alert in the departments of Olancho, Colon, Atlantida, Islas de Bahia, Santa Barbara and Lembira. In this sense, the 57 municipalities located in the departments of Gracias a Dios, Cortés and Ocotepeque will remain on green alert indefinitely.

According to him. The latest updated Climate Outlook report, conducted by Center for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Seismological Studies (CENAOS), “El Nino”, will continue to affect the rains this June, July and August, increasing temperatures, lack of access to water for human consumption in many municipalities of the country.

The weather report establishes that the heatwave period will begin on July 10 and end on August 28. In the monitoring carried out by this Secretariat for Risk Management, through its early warning systems, major rivers due to weather drought. The country shows a very low volume in their flows. The capacity of dams like Paduga River, Samalegaon, etc. has also decreased.