Honduras places 80% of country on El Nino drought alert

The Honduran government on Wednesday placed 80 percent of the country, including the capital, on drought alert as El Nino scorches harvests and causes livestock to die of thirst.Honduras places 80% of country on El Nino drought alertThe El Nino weather pattern warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, triggering worldwide changes in winds, atmospheric pressure and rainfall patterns, and causing warmer overall global temperatures.This year's El Nino is forecast to be one of the strongest on record.The measures taken by the Honduran government covers 234 municipalities that have been affected by low reservoir levels, crop losses, and livestock deaths, threatening food security."Cattle have died, and the cows we still have are thin. The situation is criti