Residents rest at a shelter for people affected by the floods caused by heavy rain brought by Storm Iota in San Pedro Sula, Honduras November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Hondurans are cramming into overcrowded storm shelters, aid workers and officials say, raising concerns that the chaotic set-up will trigger a new spike in coronavirus infections.
Hundreds of thousands of people across Central America have fled their homes after Hurricanes Iota and Eta wreaked havoc from Tabasco in southern Mexico to Panama this month.
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