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B. Honduras is bordered to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, to the southwest by El Salvador, west by Guatemala, and to the north by the Caribbean Sea. The storms caused massive floods and landslides across the nations of Central America, which have seen thousands of migrants heading for the United States in recent years.
C. Haiti has a gross domestic product of only $1,800 per person compared with Honduras and its per capita GDP of $5,600, the second lowest in the Western Hemisphere. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández stressed the link between hurricanes and climate change, suggesting that wealthier countries that emit more greenhouse gases have a debt to pay in the recovery effort.
D. A World Bank study predicts that 143 million people in these three most vulnerable regions could be forced from their homes by 2050 because of climate change impacts like desert expansion and sea level rise.
A. More than two-thirds of the migrants fleeing Central America’s northern triangle countries – Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador – experienced the murder, disappearance or kidnapping of a relative before their departure, according to a study by the medical charity Doctors Without Borders.