In Tegucigalpa, the capital, food and gasoline supplies are dwindling, with only a few days worth of both, officials say.
The roads leading from the capital to the Pacific and
Atlantic ports are still impassable. 
There was sunshine in the capital Wednesday. The river had retreated into its bed, and in many neighborhoods, life appeared to be returning to something like its normal rythm. In Comayaguela, the business district, people were shoveling the mud out of storefronts, removing debris from damaged factories, and digging cars and trucks out of banks of earth.