Hurricane Iota
Nory Yamileth Hernandez stands at the property where she lived with 11 others, including her three teenage children, before it was flooded by last year's hurricanes Eta and Iota in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Hernández, 34, said she had joined the first big migrant caravan hoping to reach the U.S. in October 2018 but didn’t make it to Mexico before turning back, and is sure she will try again soon. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Desperation grows in battered Honduras, fueling migration

By María Verza Feb. 11, 2021 09:42 AM EST

Migrants walk on the road on their way North near Agua Caliente, close to the border with Guatemala, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Honduran security forces stationed on the highway a few kilometers before Agua Caliente, asked the migrants for their passports or identity cards and proof of a COVID-19 test, and if they did not produce those documents they would not be allowed to move on. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)
Hondurans forming migrant caravan for US stopped in homeland

By Claudio Escalón Dec. 10, 2020 01:28 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2020 file photo, volunteer firefighters rush to a waiting helicopter to load emergency aid to be transported to a nearby zone where residents are believed buried by a massive, rain-fueled landslide, during search and rescue efforts, in San Cristobal Verapaz, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta. The search was eventually called off after recovering a few bodies and declaring about 100 people missing. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)
Punishing hurricanes to spur more Central American migration

By Claudio Escalon And María Verza Nov. 24, 2020 02:36 PM EST

A person distributes food to hurricane victims under a bridge in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. Shelters for people whose homes were flooded or damaged by hurricanes Eta and Iota in Honduras are now so crowded that thousands of victims have taken refuge under highway overpasses or bridges. The Red Cross estimates that about 4.2 million people were affected by the back-to-back hurricanes in November in Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)
Hundreds of thousands at Honduras' shelters after hurricanes

By Claudio Escalon Nov. 21, 2020 05:20 PM EST