Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Fund for Climate Disasters in the Capital

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TEGUCIGALPA, Aug 23 2010 (IPS) - The Honduran Congress approved 4.5 million dollars in a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank for recovery from the damage caused by heavy rains in Tegucigalpa. Representative Lorena Herrera, of the governing National Party, told Tierramérica that the resources are part of a 19-million-dollar package that the government will invest in disaster prevention, coordinated by the Permanent Commission for Contingencies.

The intense rains, blamed on the cyclic climate phenomenon known as La Niña, caused one of the capital's main roads to collapse. Thirty minutes of precipitation was enough to cause flooding, landslides and sinkholes, claiming the lives of four people. And the heavier phase of the rainy season has not yet begun.