The Country of Honduras often gets huge storms during the Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season as this extreme weather that develop in the Caribbean comes ashore and the energy is trapped by the mountainous terrain causing torrential downpours. In last week of October in 1998 Hurricane Mitch devastated Honduras and killed more than 5,657 people (some estimates were 7,000) and created 2 million homeless (nearly 12,000 missing); most were children. The Banana Crop was destroyed too and the economic loss was huge for the Nations.
It was the worst recorded Hurricane in over 200 years and each year folks worry that another catastrophic storm could hit. The 2005 Hurricane season also had major storms that affected the Banana crop and flooded out many as well as resulting in massive deaths. Honduras is known for Hurricane weather especially along the Caribbean coastline and the flood damage is all too common. Inland landslides in the mountains also result from Hurricane storm remnants. More people are killed by the landslides and severe flooding or storm surges than the actual winds. Landslides and flash flooding have been known to bury entire villages within minutes in the mountainous regions of Central America.
Honduras is also very prone to Earthquakes, which makes sense if you look at its tall mountains, which did not get there by accident. Honduras has many Earthquakes every year, only a few are really serious. Occasionally a biggie comes along and wrecks havoc on the people there. There have been notable Earthquakes of six or greater magnitudes and two 7 magnitudes since the new millennium. Some of the Earthquakes come from off-shore in the Pacific Ocean while some epicenters occur on land. See the Major Fault Line Map Sketch below;
Honduras also has Volcanoes and although they are not a huge issue, they are common in that region of Central America. Of course this also provides opportunity for Geo-Thermal Energy, which is a big plus for the Nation, as it grows in economic status and population. Honduras will need more energy in the future as the population grows about 2.4% per year.