TEGUCIGALPA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people have died in Honduras due to tropical storm Eta, currently lashing the central region of the Central American country with heavy rains and wind gusts of 45 kilometers per hour, local authorities said on Thursday.
The Second Lieutenant of the Fire Department, Carlos Oliva, said four people died in a mudslide, including a mother and her two children, in the Fortaleza district of Tela, a town in the northern department of Atlantida, and a minor drowned in the village of Paujiles.
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