Red Alert In Costa Rica
As Hundred Affected By
Flooding, Interamericana
Sur Collapses
Two low pressure system
has caused heavy rains
and affecting the areas
of Guanacaste,
Puntarenas, Quepos,
Parrita, Siquirres,
Desamparados and
Cartago.
The affected so far are
more than 1.200 people
and one person reported
missing in Cerritos de
Quepos.
According to
meteorologist, Bernal
Stolz, more rain is
expected in the next
48 to 72 hours.
The low pressure systems
dumped between 70 and
150 millimetres of rain
since Sunday, causing
flooding in Parrita and
Quepos, and affecting
the Central Valley and
Caribbean coast.
The heavy rain also
affected the
Interamericana Sur, once
again collapsing under
the force of the water
and mud, closing off all
pasasged between San
José and Pérez Zeledón.
The closure is at
kilometre 111 in the
area known as El Jardín
en el Cerro de la Muerte
where a 50 metre section
of the road was
completed washed away.
The Comisión Nacional de
Emergencias (CNE) has
issued a red alert for
Parrita, Quepos, Cartago
and Desemparados.
Heredia, Alajuela and
Guanacaste are all under
a yellow alert.
The Central Pacific
areas are the most
affected by the heavy
rain that began on
Sunday. In Parrita the
problems began later
Sunday night when the
Parrita river began to
overflow its banks.
Other areas reporting
mud slides and flooding
are Neuvo Arenal and La
Fortuna.
October is the worst
month of the rainy
season that end by mid
November.
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