Global Courant
The Secretary of State in the National Risk and Contingency Management Offices raised this Thursday to the red alert 140 of the 298 municipalities that the country has due to the droughts that the El Niño phenomenon can cause.
In Choluteca, Valle, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Comayagua, La Paz, Intibucá, Lempira, Yoro and the north of Olancho, most of the municipalities are on red alert.
Copeco also established a yellow alert for 101 municipalities in Olancho, Colón, Atlántida, Islas de la Bahía, Santa Bárbara and Lempira.
And a green alert was decreed in 57 municipalities in the departments of Gracias a Dios, Cortés and Ocotepeque.
The municipalities on red alert are: Santa Fe, Santa Rosa de Aguán, Sonaguera, Tocoa and Bonito Oriental in the department of Colón.
In Comayagua The municipalities of Comayagua, Ajuterique, El Rosario, Esquía, Humuya, La Libertad, Lamaní, La Trinidad, Lejemaní, Meambar, Minas de Oro, Ojo de Agua, San Jerónimo, San José de Comayagua, San José del Potero, San Luis, San Sebastián, Siguatepeque, Villa de San Antonio, Las Lajas and Taulabé.
in Copan: Santa Rosa de Copán, Cabañas, Concepción, , Copán, Ruinas, Corquín, Cucuyagua, Dolores, Dulce Nombre, El Paraíso, Florida, La Jigua, La Union, Nueva Arcadia, San Agustín, San Antonio, San Jerónimo, San José, San Juan de Opoa, San Nicolás, San Pedro, Santa Rita, Tinidad and Veracruz.
In Yoro Yorito, Victoria, Sulaco, Santa Rita, Olanchito, Morazán, Jocón, Arenal, El Negrito, El Progreso, and Yoro are on red alert.
in courteous The municipalities of San Pedro Sula, Choloma, Omoa, Pimienta, Potrerillos, Puerto Cortés, San Antonio de Cortés, San Francisco de Yojoa, San Manuel, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Villanueva and La Lima enter a red alert.
in Choluteca The following will be on indefinite red alert: Choluteca, Apacilagua, Concepción de María, Duyure, El Corpus, El Triunfo, Marcovia, Morolica, Namasigue, Orocuina, Pespire, San Antonio de Flores, San Isidro, San José, San Marcos de Colón and Santa Ana of Yusguare.
In Paradise, Yuscarán, Alauca, Danlí, El Paraíso, Guinope, Jacaleapa, Liure, Morocelí, Oropolí, Potrerillos, San Antonio de Flores, San Lucas, San Matías, Soledad, Teupacenti, Texigua, Vado Ancho, Yauyupe and Trojes.
In Francisco Morazanthe municipality of the Central District, Alubarén, Cedros, Curarén, El Porvenir, Guimaca, La Libertad, La Venta, Lepaterique, Maraita, Marale, Nueva Armenia, Ojojona, Arica, Reitoca, Sabanagrande, San Antonio de Oriente, San Buenaventura, San Ignacio, San Juan de Flores, San Miguelito, Santa Ana, Santa Lucía, Talanga, Tatumbla, Valle de Ángeles, Villa de San Francisco and Vallecillo.
In Thank God, Puerto Lempira, Brus Laguna, Ahuas, Juan Francisco Bulnes, Ramón Villeda Morales and Wampusirpe.
The municipalities of intibucá: La Esperanza, Camasca, Colomoncagua, Concepción, Dolores, Intibucá, Jesús de Otoro, Magdalena, Masaguara, San Antonio, San Isidro, San Juan, San Marcos de la Sierra, San Miguelito, Santa Lucía, Yaramaguila and San Francisco de Opalaca.
In Islas de la Bahía is Roatán, Guanaja, José Santos Guardiola and Utila.
The list is followed by the municipalities of La Paz, Olancho, Santa Bárbara, Ocotepeque, Lempira and Valle.