El Niño hits Honduras

Honduras declares state of emergency as it faces severe drought brought about the "El Niño" phenomenon. Water shortages have been reported in the capital Tegucigalpa yesterday, December 30. Government has been working overtime to tap 10 new water wells to augment the growing shortage in water.

"El Niño" is Spanish for the boy, is the term that refers to the unusually warm weather over the eastern Pacific, this has brought floods, droughts and bush fires recently seen in Australia.