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Honduras: Tegucigalpa Learns to Live with Climate Challenges
2013-04-01 23:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: In slums lining several hillsides in the Honduran capital, mitigation works are under way to protect the neighbourhoods from flooding and landslides, which completely obliterated several areas when Hurricane Mitch hit the country fifteen years ago. Tegucigalpa, which covers nearly 1,400 square km and is home to over 1.3 million people, is one of the areas of Honduras most exposed to natural disasters. Geological faults have also been identified in some hillsides surrounding the capital, threatening...
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