Storm ‘Sara’ affects more than 100 thousand, after passing through Central America

Tegucigalpa. tropical depression Sara It arrived this Sunday in southern Mexico after having hit Central American countries as a storm, causing one death and affecting more than 100,000 people, mainly in Honduras, Belize and Guatemala.

The latest report from the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) indicated that Sara It has already entered Mexico through the state of Quintana Roo and, despite losing strength, “the risk of catastrophic flooding will continue.”

The depression “will continue to cause significant life-threatening flooding and landslides as Sara move inland.”

The latest report from the Honduran authorities indicated that the passage of Sara It caused one death, 110,889 affected, 2,534 homes damaged and 1,707 communities cut off from communication, since the increase in waterways destroyed 20 aqueducts, nine bridges and 233 streets.

Rescuers have been working since Sunday morning to reach the flooded places in the north of the country, where six departments remain on red alert.

The rise in river levels in the south is constantly monitored, mainly as they pass through Tegucigalpa, where the flow “begins to decrease,” authorities stated.

Emergency services had to use boats and boats to help many people, including delivering meals or medicine with drones due to the impossibility of accessing certain communities.

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After hitting Honduras hard, Sara It crossed Belize heading northwest between early and Sunday morning and weakened since making landfall until it became a tropical depression.

The Belizean authorities 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 Mountains, 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 It 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

Yes ok 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, close to 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 was the country that suffered the least from the onslaught of Saraalthough certain areas recorded an increase in rivers that overflowed causing flooding in agricultural lands.

Central America suffered the passage of a hurricane in 1998 Mitch, which left about 9 thousand dead and million-dollar losses to the economy of the countries in the region, mainly in Honduras.