(16 Nov 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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San Pedro Sula, Honduras – 16 November 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. River swollen by intense rains due to Tropical Storm Sara
2. People walking near bridge with flooded river
3. Various of authorities removing debris with excavator
4. Pan of water rushing
++DAY SHOTS++
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) José Inés López, resident of the La Flor de Cuba neighborhood:
"It’s terrible. Here we need the help of God firstly and secondly, the authorities. This has been neglected. If only they had built a good bridge, but they have been saying for a long time that they were going to build a bridge and there is nothing. Here we need a bridge. There are many children and old people who can’t get out.
6. Various of residents looking at swollen river and strong current
7. Various of river
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pedro Medina, resident of the La Flor de Cuba neighborhood:
"The situation is critical here. The bridge has fallen, and it was the only alternative to get out of there."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filadelfia, Costa Rica – 16 November 2024
9. Various of floodwaters from Tropical Storm Sara
STORYLINE:
Tropical Storm Sara stalled over Honduras on Saturday, drenching the northern coast of the Central American nation, swelling rivers and trapping some people at home.
Sustained rain fell overnight and continued into the morning in the city of San Pedro Sula, where the storm cut off access to an entire community when a river crossing washed away.
And through the weekend, the region could see life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.
The weather system made landfall late Thursday about 105 miles (165 kilometers) west-northwest of Cabo Gracias a Dios, on the Honduras-Nicaragua border.
The Hurricane Center expects the storm will move near the Bay Islands of Honduras on Saturday before approaching Belize.
Sara is then expected to turn northwesterly toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, though forecasters said it probably will not reemerge into the Gulf after crossing the Yucatan.
Rain-soaked residents were on edge Saturday as the conditions brought back memories of the disastrous November 2020 hurricane season, when two powerful storms passed through the region, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and causing widespread damage.
The storm, however, did not stop a CONCACAF Nations League soccer match Friday in San Pedro Sula. Under heavy rain, Mexico lost 2-0 to Honduras.
AP Video shot by Claudio Escalón and Danica Coto
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