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INSIDECOSTARICA.COM | COSTA RICA  NEWS |   Wednesday 19 October 2011


"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.
 

 

 

 
 
 
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