Floods Affect 2,400 People In
Panama
PANAMA - Floods affected some 2,400
people in a province on Panama's Caribbean
coast in the past 24 hours, the authorities
said on Tuesday.
It is estimated that some 600 houses were
damaged in the province of Bocas del Toro,
said Javier Castillo, the operation chief of
the National System of Civil Protection (Sinaproc).
Most of the affected families are in the
regions of Una Milla, Puerto Almirante and
Nuevo Paraiso, Castillo added.
Floods occurred when the water level rose in
the Teribe River due to heavy rains.
Castillo said though the rains have stopped,
uncertainties still remain in the affected
areas, where five children have been
rescued.
The Panamanian authorities have sent
humanitarian aid including tents, food and
drinking water to the affected area.
The aid was sent by plane as the
Inter-American Highway was also affected by
the floods, leaving Bocas del Toro isolated
from the rest of the country.
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