Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone alert for EARL-16 in Guatemala, Belize from 02 Aug 2016 16:00 UTC to 06 Aug 2016 15:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for EARL-16

in Guatemala, Belize

06 Aug 2016 15 UTC

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Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

Tropical Cyclone EARL-16 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source	GDACS
Exposed countries	Guatemala, Belize
Exposed population	110 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	139 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.5 m (04 Aug 03:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	High (Guatemala)

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
Current	46 km/h	0.5 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	139 km/h	0.5 m	n.a.	0.5
Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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Wind

46 km/h Current Max.

Up to 41.5 million people in Tropical Storm strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Max Winds (km/h)	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Population in Cat 1. or higher	Countries
1	02 Aug 2016 16:00	102	8.7 million	No people	Honduras, Belize, Mexico, Guatemala
2	02 Aug 2016 21:00	111	12.9 million	No people	Honduras, Belize, Mexico, Guatemala
3	03 Aug 2016 03:00	120	36 million	90 thousand	Belize, Mexico, Guatemala
4	03 Aug 2016 09:00	130	41.4 million	130 thousand	Belize, Guatemala
5	03 Aug 2016 15:00	139	15.4 million	120 thousand	Belize, Guatemala
6	03 Aug 2016 21:00	130	14.4 million	100 thousand	Belize, Mexico, Guatemala
7	04 Aug 2016 03:00	120	4.8 million	90 thousand	Belize, Mexico, Guatemala
8	04 Aug 2016 09:00	120	7.3 million	190 thousand	Belize, Guatemala, Mexico
9	04 Aug 2016 15:00	83	4.6 million	220 thousand	Guatemala, Belize
10	04 Aug 2016 21:00	65	4.9 million	220 thousand	Guatemala, Belize
11	05 Aug 2016 03:00	65	14.1 million	220 thousand	Guatemala, Belize
12	05 Aug 2016 09:00	65	14.8 million	220 thousand	Guatemala, Belize
13	05 Aug 2016 15:00	65	13.2 million	220 thousand	Guatemala, Belize
14	05 Aug 2016 21:00	93	16.2 million	220 thousand	Guatemala, Belize
15	06 Aug 2016 03:00	93	21.6 million	220 thousand	Guatemala, Belize
16	06 Aug 2016 09:00	65	41.5 million	220 thousand	Guatemala, Belize
17	06 Aug 2016 15:00	46	41.5 million	220 thousand	Guatemala, Belize

Bulletin Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Category (SSHS)	Max winds (km/h)	Population in Cat.1 or higher	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Location (lat, lon)	Countries
1	02 Aug 2016 16:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	16.3, -80.2
2	02 Aug 2016 21:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	26000 people	16.4, -81.5	Honduras
3	03 Aug 2016 03:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	110000 people	16.4, -83	Honduras
4	03 Aug 2016 09:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	500000 people	16.1, -83.7	Honduras
5	03 Aug 2016 15:00	Tropical storm	111	2600 people	1.2 million people	16.5, -84.8	Belize
6	03 Aug 2016 21:00	Tropical storm	111	<1000 people	2.8 million people	17.1, -86	Belize
7	04 Aug 2016 03:00	Category 1	120	85000 people	3.3 million people	17.4, -87.6	Guatemala
8	04 Aug 2016 09:00	Category 1	120	110000 people	3 million people	17.3, -88.9	Guatemala
9	04 Aug 2016 15:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	670000 people	17.2, -89.9	Guatemala
10	04 Aug 2016 21:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	660000 people	17.6, -90.8	Guatemala
11	05 Aug 2016 03:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	3.2 million people	18.1, -91.7	Guatemala
12	05 Aug 2016 09:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	3.8 million people	18.4, -92.8	Mexico
13	05 Aug 2016 15:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	3.3 million people	18.6, -94.2	Mexico
14	05 Aug 2016 21:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	8.9 million people	18.8, -95	Mexico
15	06 Aug 2016 03:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	12.4 million people	19, -95.9	Mexico
16	06 Aug 2016 09:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	32.6 million people	19, -97	Mexico
17	06 Aug 2016 15:00	Tropical depression	46	no people	no people	19, -98	Mexico

Actual track of the current bulletin

The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.

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Exposed population - AoIs

Exposed population in the potential affected countries, provinces and populated places

Countries

Country
Mexico
Guatemala
Belize
Honduras
Nicaragua

Provinces

Region Province	Country
Puebla	Mexico
Tlaxcala	Mexico
Mexico	Mexico
Morelos	Mexico
Veracruz	Mexico
Hidalgo	Mexico
Oaxaca	Mexico
Distrito Federal	Mexico
Guerrero	Mexico
Tabasco	Mexico
Chiapas	Mexico
Campeche	Mexico
Peten	Guatemala
Quiche	Guatemala
Alta Verapaz	Guatemala
Quintana Roo	Mexico
Orange Walk	Belize
Cayo	Belize
Izabal	Guatemala
Toledo	Belize
Corozal	Belize
Belize	Belize
Stann Creek	Belize
Santa Barbara	Honduras
Cortes	Honduras
Yoro	Honduras
Atlantida	Honduras
Islas de la Bahia	Honduras
Olancho	Honduras
Colon	Honduras
Gracias a Dios	Honduras
Zelaya	Nicaragua

Populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population
Puebla	Puebla	Mexico	Major city	1.4 million people
Cholula	Puebla	Mexico	City	150000 people
Rafael Lara Grajales	Puebla	Mexico	City	11000 people
Tlaxcala	Tlaxcala	Mexico	Major city	83000 people
Ciudad de México	Distrito Federal	Mexico	Capital	8.5 million people
Jalapa	Veracruz	Mexico	Major city	-
Cuernavaca	Morelos	Mexico	Major city	340000 people
Veracruz	Veracruz	Mexico	Major city	560000 people
Belmopan	Cayo	Belize	Capital	13000 people
Chetumal	Quintana Roo	Mexico	Major city	130000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)
Huejotsingo	PBC	2241	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11800
Tlaxcala		2500				0
Tehuacan	TCN	1679	Civ.	Paved	No	5500
Cordoba		911				0
Juarez International	MEX	2238	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12900
Cuernavaca	CVJ	1280	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000
Santa Lucia	NLU	2240				0
El Lencero	JAL	875	Civ.	Paved	No	5500
Tizayuca		2316				0
Tajin	PAZ	138	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900
Las Bajadas	VER	29	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800
Ciudad Aleman		61				0
Carlos A Carrillo		38				0
El Mendozal		69				0
Lerdo de Tejada		40				0
Minatitlan	MTT	40	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800
Minatitlan Old		27				0
Capitan Carlos Perez	VSA	13	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200
Ciudad Pemex		6				0
Ciudad del Carmen	CME	2	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200
Palenque	PQM	61				0
Tenosique		25				0
San Pedro Tabasco		46				0
Xam	XAM	unknown				0
Paso Caballos	PCG	unknown				0
Carmelita	CMM	unknown				0
Santa Elena	FRS	128	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000
Dos Lagunas Peten	DON	unknown				0
Uaxactun	UAX	unknown				0
Inta Northeast		155				0
Poptun	PON	505	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6800
Melchor de Mencos	MCR	unknown				0
Orange Walk	ORZ	unknown				0
Santa Cruz	STU	unknown				0
Corozal Municipal	CZH	unknown				0
Dangriga	DGA	unknown				0
Chetumal International	CTM	12	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200
Sartaneja	SJX	unknown				0
Punta Gorda	PND	unknown				0
Philip S. W. Goldson International	BZE	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7100
Melinda	MDB	unknown				0
Bananera		40				0
Independence	INB	unknown				0
Silver Creek	SVK	unknown				0
Caye Chapel	CYC	unknown				0
Puerto Barrios	PBR	10	Civ.	Paved	No	8900
San Pedro	SPR	1				0
Ramon Villeda Morales	SAP	27	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9200
La Lima		23				0
Tela	TEA	2	Civ.	Paved	No	4400
Utila Island	UII	unknown				0
Goloson International	LCE	15	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9600
Roatan Island	RTB	2	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6300
Coyoles	CYL	unknown				0
Olanchito	OAN	unknown				0
Guanaja	GJA	11				0
Tocoa	TCF	unknown				0
Trujillo		3				0
Trujillo Capiro	TJI	unknown				0
Gualaco	GUO	unknown				0
Bonito Oriental		22				0
San Esteban	SET	unknown				0
Limon	LMH	unknown				0
Iriona	IRN	unknown				0
Brus Laguna Araslaya	BHG	unknown				0
Islas del Cisne		12	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4600
Ahuas	AHS	30				0
Mocoron / Durzuna		76				0
Puerto Lempira	PEU	8	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5000

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Vera Cruz	MXVER	Mexico
Alvarado	MXAVD	Mexico
Minatitlan	MXMTT	Mexico
Coatzacoalcos	MXCOA	Mexico
Rabon Grande		Mexico
Nanchital	MXNAN	Mexico
Dos Bocas	MXDBT	Mexico
Frontera	MXFRN	Mexico
Concepcion		Mexico
Ciudad Del Carmen	MXCME	Mexico
Corozal		Belize
Chetumal	MXCTM	Mexico
Livingston	GTLIV	Guatemala
Belize	BZBZE	Belize
Stann Creek		Belize
Puerto Barrios	GTPBR	Guatemala
Santo Tomas de Castilla	GTSTC	Guatemala
Puerto Cortes	HNPCR	Honduras
Tela	HNTEA	Honduras
Utila Island		Honduras
Puerto Este		Honduras
La Ceiba	HNLCE	Honduras
Coxen Bay		Honduras
Puerto Castilla	HNPCA	Honduras
Guanaja Island	HNGJA	Honduras
Trujillo		Honduras
Islas Santanilla		Honduras
Caratasco		Honduras
Puerto Lempire		Honduras
Cape Gracias A Dios		Honduras

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year
	Manuel Avila Camacho	Atoyac	1946
	San Jose Atlangatepec	Zahuapan	1959
	La Soledad	Apulco	1962
	Tenango	Coacuila	1910
	Necaxa	Necaxa	1909
	Yosocuta	Huajuapan	1969
Presa Miguel Aleman	Presidente Aleman Temascal	Rio Tonto	1955
Miguel de la Madrid	Cerro de Oro	Santo Domingo	1991

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Rainfall

Rainfall accumulation of the past 24h, as detected by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission of NASA. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html.

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StormSurge

0.5 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.5m in Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico. This height is estimated for 04 Aug 2016 03:00 UTC .

The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.

Locations affected by Storm surge (151 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 16 of 06 Aug 2016 09:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	04 Aug 2016 03:00	Ciudad del Carmen	Mexico	0.5
	04 Aug 2016 03:00	Paso Real	Mexico	0.4
	04 Aug 2016 03:00	Boca Nueva	Mexico	0.4
	03 Aug 2016 21:00	El Capulin	Nicaragua	0.4
	03 Aug 2016 21:00	Cedeno	Honduras	0.4
	03 Aug 2016 21:00	Santo Tomas	Nicaragua	0.4
	03 Aug 2016 21:00	Mangle Alto	Nicaragua	0.4
	03 Aug 2016 21:00	Barrancones	Honduras	0.4
	06 Aug 2016 03:00	Anton Lizardo	Mexico	0.4
	06 Aug 2016 04:00	Veracruz	Mexico	0.3
	06 Aug 2016 01:00	Buen Pais	Mexico	0.3
	06 Aug 2016 01:00	Alvarado	Mexico	0.3
	06 Aug 2016 02:00	Salinas	Mexico	0.3
	04 Aug 2016 00:00	Gualora	Honduras	0.3
	04 Aug 2016 00:00	Condega	Honduras	0.3
	04 Aug 2016 03:00	Santa Cruz	Mexico	0.3
	04 Aug 2016 03:00	Sabancuy	Mexico	0.3
	03 Aug 2016 00:00	Cauauira	Honduras	0.3
	03 Aug 2016 07:00	Dapat	Honduras	0.3
	04 Aug 2016 11:00	Stann Creek Town	Belize	0.2
	05 Aug 2016 08:00	Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 08:00	San Pedro	Belize	0.2
	05 Aug 2016 21:00	Montepio	Mexico	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 09:00	Chetumal	Mexico	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 09:00	Calderita	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 00:00	Conejo	Mexico	0.2
	03 Aug 2016 07:00	Kaski	Honduras	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 12:00	Santeneja	Belize	0.2
	05 Aug 2016 08:00	Hidalgo	Mexico	0.2
	05 Aug 2016 13:00	Monte de Oro	Mexico	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 11:00	Commerce Bight Village	Belize	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 09:00	El Volcancillo	Honduras	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 11:00	Freetown Area	Belize	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 09:00	Mullins	Belize	0.2
	05 Aug 2016 09:00	Chiltepec	Mexico	0.2
	05 Aug 2016 04:00	San Pedro	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 05:00	Laja	Mexico	0.2
	03 Aug 2016 07:00	Barra de Caratasca	Honduras	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	Tamiahua	Mexico	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 05:00	Hacienda La Chepona	El Salvador	0.2
	05 Aug 2016 10:00	Tupilco	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 05:00	Ursulo Galvan	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 05:00	Salmoral	Mexico	0.2
	03 Aug 2016 09:00	Claura	Honduras	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 03:00	Noham	Mexico	0.2
	05 Aug 2016 13:00	Sanchez Magallanes	Mexico	0.2
	05 Aug 2016 13:00	Tonala	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 07:00	Tecolutla	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	Nautla	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	El Laurel	Mexico	0.2
	03 Aug 2016 11:00	Barra del Patuca	Honduras	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 15:00	Dos Hermanas	Mexico	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 15:00	Calderas	Mexico	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 00:00	Las Pozas	Nicaragua	0.2
	05 Aug 2016 15:00	Majahual	Mexico	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 02:00	Porfirio Diaz	Mexico	0.2
	04 Aug 2016 02:00	Chenkan	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	Cabo Rojito	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	El Naranjal	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	La Mata	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	Agua Dulce	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	San Dionisio del Mar	Mexico	0.2
	03 Aug 2016 07:00	Yahurabila	Honduras	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 07:00	Tenixtepec	Mexico	0.2
	06 Aug 2016 07:00	Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	0.2
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Macho Creek	Guatemala	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Puerto Barrios	Guatemala	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Corozo	Guatemala	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	La Graciosa	Guatemala	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	San Francisco del Mar	Guatemala	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Barra del Motagua	Guatemala	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	Cachimba	Mexico	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 05:00	La Majada	Mexico	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 12:00	Maya Beach	Belize	0.1
	05 Aug 2016 16:00	Solo Dios	Mexico	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 07:00	La Guadalupe	Mexico	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Machacal	Guatemala	0.1
	05 Aug 2016 14:00	Coatzacoalcos	Mexico	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	San Francisco del Mar	Mexico	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 23:00	Punta de Fisga	Cuba	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 23:00	Aguas Claras	Cuba	0.1
	05 Aug 2016 17:00	Pasito de la Senora	Mexico	0.1
	05 Aug 2016 17:00	Boqueron	Mexico	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 09:00	Tusi Cocal	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 10:00	Mocobila	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 14:00	Tasbarraya	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 14:00	Bruner	Honduras	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 04:00	Xcalak	Mexico	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 19:00	Guanaja	Honduras	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 06:00	Guerrero	El Salvador	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 06:00	El Carmen	Nicaragua	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 06:00	El Cacao	El Salvador	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 01:00	Guanimar	Cuba	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 01:00	El Cajio	Cuba	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 13:00	Bacalar Chico	Belize	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Cambalache	Guatemala	0.1
	05 Aug 2016 17:00	Arista	Mexico	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 16:00	Donel	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 15:00	Trujillo	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 15:00	Barranco Blanco	Honduras	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 03:00	Ranas	Mexico	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 05:00	Corral de Mulas	El Salvador	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 07:00	Monte Gordo	Mexico	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 09:00	Rio Platano	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 20:00	Rio Esteban	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 20:00	Miranda	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Puerto Castilla	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 15:00	Pital	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 20:00	Red Cliff	Honduras	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 07:00	Conchaguita	El Salvador	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 01:00	Hoquel	Mexico	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 01:00	Champoton	Mexico	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	El Roble	Mexico	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	El Mezquital	Mexico	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	El Porvenir	Mexico	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 06:00	Los Ebanos	Mexico	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 07:00	Pesqueria	Mexico	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 15:00	El Urraco	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 16:00	Iriona	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 16:00	La Puerta	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 21:00	El Cuyo	Mexico	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 03:00	Puerto Madero	Mexico	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 13:00	New Haven	Belize	0.1
	05 Aug 2016 16:00	Buenavista	Mexico	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 07:00	Emilio Carranza	Mexico	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 11:00	Monkey River	Belize	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 09:00	Huarta	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 14:00	Baltimore	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Limera	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Balfate	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Betulia	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Santa Fe	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 20:00	Black Rock	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 20:00	Barbareta	Honduras	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 00:00	El Tanque	Nicaragua	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 00:00	El Puente	Nicaragua	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 00:00	La Chacara	Nicaragua	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 00:00	Venecia	Nicaragua	0.1
	04 Aug 2016 00:00	Jiquilillo	Nicaragua	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 21:00	Alligartor Nose	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 21:00	Santa Elena	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Punta Manabique	Guatemala	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Pixoy	Mexico	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Telchac Puerto	Mexico	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 22:00	Chabihau	Mexico	0.1
	05 Aug 2016 15:00	Las Barrillas	Mexico	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 05:00	El Tular	Mexico	0.1
	05 Aug 2016 16:00	Huajapan	Mexico	0.1
	06 Aug 2016 05:00	San Jose de los Leones	Mexico	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 15:00	Empalme	Honduras	0.1
	03 Aug 2016 15:00	Barra de Chapagua	Honduras	0.1

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