Two people died and more than 120,000 were affected in Honduras after the passage of tropical storm Sara

( Spanish) — Two people died, more than 120,000 were affected and nearly 1,800 populations were cut off after Tropical Storm Sara passed through Honduras, the Government reported this Monday in a statement.

The authorities added that so far there are four injured, one person missing and more than 7,600 rescued.

The report also details that some 200 homes were destroyed by the passage of the tropical storm and 3,200 homes were damaged. The impact also left 11 bridges destroyed and 26 damaged; 248 streets destroyed and 305 damaged; and four roads broken and 53 deteriorated.

The Government of Honduras also reported that the departments of Islas de la Bahía, Atlántida, Colón, Yoro, Gracias a Dios, Valle, Choluteca and Cortés are on red alert.

On Sunday night, the authorities of the mayor’s office of Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, reported that the level of the Choluteca River channel is on red alert, so officials from emergency agencies have been deployed along the bank.

In a brief statement, the mayor’s office announced without giving further details that “people who may be at risk will be evacuated” and they will be transferred to shelters.

The head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, General Rooselvet Leonel Hernández Aguilar, announced that monitoring of the limits of the river is ongoing.

“In all these types of situations, one resource is always important and that is time. Time allows us anticipation and at this moment we already have information that both the dam, the Coyolar and the Concepción, which are the dams that converge and all the waters flow here, in this sector, into the flow of the Choluteca River ”, reported the military command.