• Hurricane Mitch dumped as much as 65 cm of rainfall in a single day.

• Thousands of landmines, laid during the nations' civil wars, have been scattered all over by floods and mudslides.

• Honduras faces the task of rebuilding 94 bridges; 90 per cent of its roads, bridges and power lines have been swept away.

• New homes are required for an estimated 25 per cent of the population.

• In Honduras itself, 700,000 people will need food aid for the next month, where 54 per cent of the population is employed in farming.