The broad Aguan Valley runs straight from Olanchito to Santa Rosa de Aguan. High mountains frame the valley on either side. Steep mountain streams deposit alluvial fans at the base of the mountains and present special flood hazards for the communities located there. The Aguan River meanders through the rich alluvial soil down the center of the valley. The broad Aguan Valley runs straight from Olanchito to Santa Rosa de Aguan.
High mountains frame the valley on either side.
Steep mountain streams deposit alluvial fans at the base of the mountains and present special flood hazards for the communities located there. The Aguan River meanders through the rich alluvial soil down the center of the valley. A farming community at the confluence of the Aguan and the Mame Rivers was surrounded and engulfed by flood waters. Survivors spent days in waist deep waters waiting for help to arrive. Post-flood health impacts were severe.