I. HIGHLIGHTS

• El Salvador: The Flash Appeal will be presented to the international community in Geneva on 25 October.

• Guatemala: Some 450,000 people are affected by damages to water and sanitation systems.

• Honduras: Most affected departments are Choluteca and Valle

• Nicaragua: 13 departments (of a total of 15), 57 municipalities and 317 communities are affected.

This SitRep is produced by OCHA in collaboration with the humanitarian partners. It is issued by the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. It covers the period from 18 to 19 October.

I. HIGHLIGHTS

• El Salvador: The declaration of a State of Public Calamity and Disaster was extended for 60 more days.

• Guatemala: Eleven rivers are above the alert levels.

• Honduras: The state of emergency has been broadened to 10 more departments. The southern zone remains the most affected.

I. HIGHLIGHTS

• Intense rains caused by Tropical Depression 12-E caused floods, landslides and death, along with economic losses in Central America and Mexico

• Near 570 thousand people affected by the rains in 7 countries.

• El Salvador: rain levels are the highest registered in the last 50 years.

• El Salvador: the government has launched an international assistance request.

• Honduras: the main access road to Choluteca, in the Southern part of the country -the most affected zone- is interrupted.

I. LO MAS DESTACADO / PRIORIDADES CLAVES

- Agatha se debilitó y ya no representa una amenaza para los países de América Central.

- El gobierno de Guatemala hizo oficialmente un pedido de ayuda Internacional.

- Guatemala: 154 muertos confirmados y aproximadamente 85,000 permanecen en 420 albergues.

- Honduras: Cerca de 7,900 personas contin=FAan

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

El Salvador

- As of 23 November, 198 people have been reported dead and 5,759 others are in 64 collective centres.

- On 18 November, a joint mission of United Nations, the World Bank and the European Union arrived in-country to evaluate medium-term socio-economic effects of the floods and landslides.

- On 18 November, the United Nations

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

El Salvador

- As of 16 November, 192 people have been reported dead and 15,000 others are in 140 shelters

- A Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) request has been submitted to provide assistance to approximately 75,000 people affected by the floods and landslides

- A Flash

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

- Tropical Storm Ida caused weather instability and heavy rains throughout Central America

- Nicaragua and El Salvador were the most affected countries

- In El Salvador, 130 deaths, unconfirmed number of missing people, and thousands homeless

- In Nicaragua, some 23,000 people are

1. The National Emergency Committee (COEN) downgraded the state of alert from orange to yellow nationwide. COEN reports 36,154 persons in 388 shelters at present, which means that 44 % of sheltered population returned home. Persons injured due to the emergency are 190. The number of deaths remains unchanged at 69.

2. The main health problems in the shelters are acute respiratory infections, skin problems, diarrhea, anxiety disorders

1. El Salvador has suffered the impacts of two convergent and simultaneous emergency situations, each one of which, alone, would over-tax the country's existing emergency systems. On Saturday, October 1st, one of the country's largest volcanoes, Ilamatepec, located in the populous coffee growing department of Santa Ana, erupted, spewing ash and molten rock and a second eruption occurred on Monday, October