Three people, including a child, lost their lives as a result of lightning strikes this Tuesday. During a storm in the Yoro department in northern Honduras, the Central American country Fire Department reported.
According to information from the fire department, the incident occurred in the municipality of Olanchito, in a mountainous area that was difficult to access during the electrical storm. “The bodies will be lowered to a more accessible location for removal by authorities because the road is inaccessible due to damage to the road (towards the San Francisco community),” the charity said.
The victims were identified as Nora Dalila Rodríguez González, Ledis Yorleny Hernández Ortiz and little Mario Alejandro Figueroa Rodríguez. three dead people They were inside their house when they were shocked.according to the preliminary report of the authorities.
The civil defense agency has issued several appeals to the general population to refrain from working, walking, and playing sports in the fields during heavy rain and electric shock storms. He also called for all necessary preventive measures to be taken to prevent further deaths.
Honduras’s Minister of Foreign Affairs at Risk Management and National Contingency Offices is giving a green alert for prevention in 14 of the country’s 18 departments as soil moisture persists and rainfall continues. According to the National Center for Atmospheric, Oceanographic and Seismic Studies (Cenaos), the convergence of wind and moisture from the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean will result in weak to moderate rain and showers over much of the country over the next 48 hours. “The precipitation will be accompanied by electric storms and the largest accumulations will be recorded in the west, centre, east and south,” he said.
Precipitation will cause “an increase in the flows of streams and rivers” originating from the west, center and east of the country, causing possible flooding, particularly in municipalities adjacent to the Ulúa and Chamelecón rivers in the Valle de Sula,” the organization explained. maintains “constant vigilance” in nearby municipalities. flood and flood He said why they might.