"Yellow"
Alert
Continues
For
Costa
Rica's
Pacific
and
Central
Valley
Although
the
rains
are
expected
to
abate
today,
on
day
12
of
the
rains
a
total
of
462
people
are
in
shelters,
another
1.000
have
been
cut
off
and
a
total
of
12
roads
remain
closed
or
with
serious
problems.
And
to
make
matters
worse
the
Tempisque
and
Las
Palmas
rivers,
in
Guanacaste,
continue
to
overflow
their
banks.
The
Ministro
de
Obras
Publica
y
Transportes,
Francisco
Jiménez,
says
that
1.589
kilometres
of
road,
both
national
and
cantonal
and
five
bridges
have
been
affected
by
the
rains.
If
it
is
any
consolation,
authorities
say
the
effect
is
much
less
than
that
of
"Thomas"
last
year.
Work
crews
of
the
Consejo
Nacional
de
Vialidad
(CONAVI)
have
been
busy
all
over
the
Pacific
coast
and
Central
Valley
to
repair
roads
to
the
point
they
are
"transitable"
(passable).
Currently
they
are
working
on
153
various
points,
with
73
roads
with
"paso
regulado"
and
12
completely
closed,
that
includes
the
sinking
on
the
Interamericana
Norte
at
Cambronero,
north
of
San
Ramón.
The
Comisión
Nacional
de
Emergencias
(CNE)
continues
with
a
"yellow"
alert
for
the
Pacific
coast
and
the
Central
Valley.
The
good
news
is
that
according
to
the
national
weather
service,
the
Instituto
Meteriologico
Nacional
(IMN),
the
rains
should
abate
today
and
return
to
normal
rainy
season
conditions:
hot
and
sunny
mornings
turning
to
heavy
rain
and
thunderstorms
in
the
afternoon
to
cool
dry
nights.