Heavy Rain and Flooding
Caused Damage in Many
Parts of the Country
The Comisión Nacional de
Emergencias (CNE) -
National Emergency
Commission - said
yesterday in a statement
that it will be heading
out to Heredia and other
parts of the country to
assess the damage caused
by the latest pounding
by heavy rains.
Heredia, north of San
José, was the hardest
hit over the weekend and
heavy rains and raging
rivers damaged a number
of bridges and flooding
homes and in one case
tearing apart a complete
section of the roadway.
CNE president, Daniel
Gallardo, met with the
mayors of Barva and
Santa Bárbara, located
north of Heredia centre,
was well as the mayors
of Heredia Centre and
San Rafael.
The large amount of
trash in the rivers
added to the problems of
landslides and flooding
provoked by the tropical
storm that passed over
Costa Rica Sunday and
Monday.
Another tropical storm
is headed for Costa Rica
on Friday and CNE
officials are asking for
residents to take action
to prevent more damage.
In the Cuidad de Flores,
as Heredia is known, 17
homes were flooded and
five families lost
everything.
Damage from the heavy
rain was also reported
in Tilarán in the
Guanacaste province;
Grecia, northwest of San
José; and in the Central
Pacific region,
especially the Quepos
area, along road between
San Miguel and Dos Bocas. |
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