Honduras - Factsheets

Fourth Quarter 

Tropical Storm Julia -  

COPECO issues an alert extension nationwide due to heavy rainfall caused by Tropical Storm Julia that lasted from Oct the 9th until the 11th. According to the report, the affectations were reported in 8 departments (Choluteca, Comayagua, Cortes, Francisco Morazán, Gracias a Dios, Valle, Yoro) and with an estimate of: 

Families Affected - 32,613 

Families Evacuated - 1,044 

Homes Damaged – 397 

Homes Destroyed - 278

HNO 2023 

Third Quarter 

Since August 2022, the cluster commenced data collection and calculation of the Population in Need (PIN) for the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) 2023 HNO (Total sectoral PIN 192,045) 

. The two main indicators used are:  indicators: 

Persons whose houses were destroyed or severely damaged by geo-climatic events in the last two years. (Final PIN 92,512) 

People displaced due to community/regional hazards, including violence and conflict (IDPs). (Final PIN 121,465) 

Second Quarter

First Quarter

First semester

- Operating with scarce funding, limited room for deployment and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing violence, the coordination of this response presented particular challenges. 

- Driven by local initiative,  the Shelter Cluster in Honduras focused on connecting municipal emergency coordinating bodies with the agencies that provided shelter support after the arrival of Eta and Iota hurricanes.

Second semester

Operating with scarce funding, limited room for deployment and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing violence, the coordination of this response presented particular challenges. Driven by local initiative,  the Shelter Cluster in Honduras focused on connecting municipal emergency coordinating bodies with the agencies that provided shelter support after the arrival of Eta and Iota hurricanes.