Hurricane Julia in Honduras

Hurricane Julia was a deadly tropical cyclone that caused significant impacts in Central America as a Category 1 hurricane in October 2022

It was the fifth Atlantic hurricane of the year, it made landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 1 storm on Sunday 9 October and subsequently moved through Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

Julia knocked out power across large swaths of Central America, which left many areas with no electricity. The Government of Honduras opened more than 1,137 shelters nationwide and a red alert, the highest level of warning, was issued for 10 of Honduras's 18 departments.

The hurricane caused at least 28 deaths with more than 13,000 families being forced to evacuate.