Honduran authorities struggled on Tuesday with meager resources to deal with catastrophic damage from torrential rains and floods spawned by a hurricane, as the official death toll here climbed to 362.
Experts expect that figure to go far higher.
Officials said thousands were still trapped by flooding in remote regions. Most major roads and bridges were destroyed by flood waters or blocked by mudslides after a week of relentless rain dumped several feet of water on this impoverished country in Central America. Entire neighborhoods in Tegucigalpa, the capital, were washed away on Friday, when the Choluteca River broke over its banks and inundated many parts of the city, burying houses, cars and people in mud. On Tuesday evening the waters had receded, and the sun came out. Thousands of tired and stunned people returned to the wreckage of their houses.