Red Alert For Guanacaste
The heavy rain began
falling on Sunday and
today, Thursday, it is
still pouring on most
areas of the Central
Valley, Central Pacific
coast and Guanacaste,
forcing the Comisión
Nacional de Emergencias
(CNE) - national
emergency commission -
to increase the Red
Alert to 30 cantones
around the country.
Earlier in the week
areas in the Zona Sur
(Southern Zone) of
Corredores, Golfito,
Coto Brus and Central
Pacific, Aguirre (Quepos),
Parrita and Garabito (Jacó)
were all affected by the
run off rain water from
the mountains,
overflowing river banks.
In the Central Valley,
Cartago, east of San
José and Desamaparados
on the south have all
had problems with
mudslides and flooding.
The Interamerican Sur
between Cartagog and
Peréz Zeledón again was
forced closed when a 50
metre stretch of highway
was washed away.
The worst of the rain
and flooding though is
in Guanacaste, mainly
the areas surrounding
Filadelfia (the area
east of Playas del Coco)
when flooding has
prompted the relocation
of hundres to shelters
and the water levels of
the rivers, especially
the río Tempisque
continues to rise. Also
of concern to area
residents is the rise in
the rís Las Palmas.
So far 125 communities
and 18.000 people been
affected and three
people reported dead
from the affects of the
heavy rains.
The national weather
service is predicting at
last 24 hours of intense
rains.
THE STORM BY THE
NUMBERS
Affected communities:
125
People directly
affected: 3.500
People indirectly
affected: 15.000
Persons isolated:
2.885
Shelters in use: 22
Persons in shelters:
638
Missing: 1
Houses Affected:
236
Rivers overflowing
their banks: 12
Roads affected:
23
Schools damaged:
1
Damaged bridges:
13
AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
Central Pacific
Pueblo Nuevo,
Parrita
Pueblo Nuevo, Parrita
Sitradique, Parrita
Quebrada Amarilla,
Parrita
Tulín, Parrita
Cerros, Quepos
Paquita, Quepos
Tárcoles, Garabito
Playa Azul, Garabito
Rivas, Pérez Zeledón
Quebradas, Pérez Zeledón
South Pacific
Bambel, Golfito
Ciudad Neily, Corredores
North Pacific
Liberia, Guanacaste
La Cruz, Guanacaste
Carrillo, Guanacaste
Caribbean
San Martín, Siquirres
Northern Zone
Upala, Alajuela
Los Chiles, Alajuela
Guatuso, Alajuela
Central Valley
Calle Salitre,
Desamparados
Patarrá, Desamparados
San Antonio,
Desamparados
Orosi, Paraíso
Piedades, El Guarco
Cipreses, Oreamuno
Santa Ana, San José
Escazú, San José
Palmares, Alajuela
AREAS UNDER RED ALERT
Aguirre
Parrita
Cartago
El Guarco
Oreamuno
Paraíso
Desamparados
Las Cruz
Carrillo
Liberia
Santa Cruz
Bagaces
Nicoya
Cañas
Hojancha
Tilarán
Nandayure
Abangares
Buenos Aires
Golfito
Coto Brus
Pérez Zeledón
León Cortés
Tarrazú
Dota
Puriscal
Acosta
Siquirres
Upala
YELLOW ALERT
Orotina
San Mateo
Puntarenas
Garabito
Montes de Oro
Esparza
Heredia
Alajuela
Alfaro Ruiz
Atenas
Grecia
Naranjo
Palmares
Poás
San Ramón
Valverde Vega
Turrialba
Alvarado
La Unión
Jiménez
San José
Santa Ana
Tibás
Escazú
Aserrí
Alajuelita
GREEN ALERT
San José
Santa Ana
Tibás
Escazú
Aserrí
Alajuelita
Moravia
Curridabat
Mora
Vázquez de Coronado
Montes de Oca
Goicoechea
Turrubares
Los Chiles
San Carlos
Guatuso
Limón
Matina
Pococí
Guácimo
Talamanca
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