October Was Wettest
Month on Record
According to the
Instituto Meteorológico
Nacional (IMN) - the
national weather service
- October this year was
the month with the most
rain in the country's
history.
According to Werner
Stolz, October left
dozens homeless and
countless others
affected, suffering
material loss in the
billions of colones.
The Comisión Nacional de
Prevención de Riesgo y
Atención de Emergencias
quantified the material
loss a ˘35 billion
colones, in damages to
roads, bridges, homes
and agricultural
plantations.
Nicaragua got the worst
of the season when
Felix, a category 5
hurricane, swept through
the country, resulting
in 53 deaths, 105
disappeared and more
than 100.000 affected,
destorying some 10.000
homes and more than 250
million hectares of
forest destroyed.
According to experts it
will take 50 years for
the Sandy Bay community,
the most affected area,
to recover fully.
The good news from IMN
is that the hurricane
season in Costa Rica is
official over and sunny,
dry weather is now the
norm until next May.
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