00:00And the rains that hit Honduras cause serious damage, particularly in the Central District,
00:13one of the most vulnerable areas of the country, to this natural phenomena.
00:17Karin Duarte with the details.
00:21The Central District is facing one of the most severe emergencies in recent years,
00:28with damages estimated at approximately $30 million, according to municipal authorities.
00:34The damage is concentrated in road infrastructure, housing, and mitigation works that collapse due to soil saturation.
00:43The damage and losses reported in the Central District exceeded an amount approximately equal to $30 million.
00:50That is the damage assessment that we have generated and reviewed with all our teams and we continue to move forward.
00:55We are moving forward with the reconstruction of the areas that the condition of the soil
01:00and the weather allow us to work on at this time, such as loranal foons,
01:04as well as the reconstruction of the part of this box that was undermined in the Center of America area
01:09and other areas that require the use of machinery.
01:11The private sector offered technical and financial support to strengthen recovery plans,
01:22ensuring lasting works that mitigate future disasters
01:25and extend attention beyond Tegushigalpa to other vulnerable communities.
01:29We have a message as the construction chamber, and that is that we have wanted to collaborate.
01:38We will continue with that desire to collaborate in what pertains to technical and financial planning
01:42in order to improve conditions, not only in Tegushigalpa, but also in the Central District.
01:47Let us remember that there are a large number of communities that require the attention
01:51and support of the various, let us say, authorities.
01:57At the national level, the Secretariat of Infrastructure and Transportation
02:04has deployed machinery in several departments to respond to the emergency.
02:09However, many families in neighborhoods and villages in the Central District continue to be affected,
02:14living amidst the rubble, and waiting for reconstruction to accelerate before the rains return.
02:21We have deployed our machinery to all departments.
02:25We have it in Peredo right now, we have it in Capen, we have it in Loro,
02:29we have it in the Francisco Moraison sector, in Talanga, in El Porvenir,
02:33we have machines being transferred to Chaluteca.
02:36Today, for the first time in 40 years, the government of President Xiomara Castro
02:40has machinery to respond to emergencies.
02:42That is why the machinery was purchased to respond to emergencies,
02:45so we hope for the full cooperation of the population, but we also call on the mayors.
02:50Send the specialists, the damage assessments, send the engineers,
02:53and that way we can know where to act and how to best focus our energies.
03:00According to the national report issued by the Honduran Secretariat of State for Risk and Contingency Management,
03:09there are 7,883 families affected, and 35,100 to people impacted throughout the country.
03:16In addition, 3,810 homes were damaged, and 89 were destroyed, and 3,350 for families.
03:2415,132 people have received humanitarian assistance.
03:28For TELESUR, from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Karim Duarte.
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