Last november‚ residents of northern Honduras faced a tough situation when Tropical-Storm Sara hit their region. People walked through knee-high water carrying their stuff (including pets) while trying to get to safer places
The weather-system positioned itself near tourist-filled beaches and ancient Maya sites: its heavy rains caused major problems in the area. The storm brought between 15-25 inches of rain — with some places getting up to 35 inches — which made things really bad for local communities
Everyone living near rivers should move to higher ground right away
The government quickly made an emergency-call and helped more than 1000 people move to shelters. The storm (which had winds of about 50 mph) also got close to Hondurasʼ main coffee-growing areas
Weather experts said Sara would affect other places too:
- Eastern Guatemala
- Parts of Belize
- Western Nicaragua
- El Salvador
- Southern Mexico
The storm — which was spotted 35 miles from Guanaja island — started moving northwest towards Belize. Local weather guy Victor Ortega said this movement would begin after the weekend‚ bringing 5-15 inches of rain to nearby countries