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Friday 01
October 2010 |
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Chinchilla
Declares
State Of
Emergency
In Costa
Rica
50
People
in Santa
Ana in
Shelters,
Dozens
Of Roads
Still
Causing
Problems
Friday
morning
Costa
Rica
woke up
to
sunshine
following
days of
rain,
clouds
and
much,
much
destruction
leaving
hundreds
to seek
shelter
and a
road
network
in
shambles.
Thursday
Costa
Rica's
presidenta
Laura
Chinchilla
signed a
decree
of
"national
emergency"
due to
the
damages
caused
by the
recent
heavy
rains in
the
country.
Chinchilla
said
that
with the
decree,
her
government
would
collect
more
than ¢5
billion
colones
(us$10
million
dollars)
to
provide
assistance
to those
who lost
their
house or
had
their
homes
damaged
by the
floods
and
landslide,
like
that in
Salitral,
in Santa
Ana,
when an
avalanche
of mud,
water
and
debris
came
down on
the
small
community
of
Montoya
de
Salitral.
An avalanche in Santa Ana caused more than 50 area residents to seek shelter |
The
money
will
also be
used in
infrastructure
because
dozens
of
highways
and
national
and
"cantonal"
roads
suffered
damaged.
The
government
is also
applying
a loan
of us$19
million
dollars
from the
World
Bank to
assist
the
disasters,
Chinchilla
added.
Meanwhile,
the
Comisión
Nacional
de
Emergencias
(CNE) -
National
Commission
of
Emergency
-
president
Vanessa
Rosales
said
that 133
families
had lost
their
houses
and most
of them
were
living
in high
risk
zones.
The most
affected
provinces
by the
heavy
rain
include
Alajuela,
Heredia
and
Guanacaste,
as well
as some
regions
of San
José,
she
added. |
The CNE
is
maintaining
its
"yellow"
alert
status
for the
Central
Valley
and the
Pacific
coast.
As of
last
night
425
people
are
being
housed
in 9
shelters.
 
It was
shortly
before
10am
Thursday
when the
cerro
Chitaría
in
Salitral,
Sant
Ana,
came
down on
the
small
community
of
Montoya
de
Salitral,
causing
panic
and
leaving
more
than 50
to take
shelter.
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