Friday 17 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Worst Storm In 108
Years; Landslide Shuts Down Interamericana Norte
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Worst Storm In 108
Years; Landslide Shuts Down Interamericana Norte
As a result of the
constant downpours for
the last four days, a
massive landslide near
the Chomes, Puntarenas,
exit on the
Interamericana Norte
highway has caused more
problems for the weather
embattled Guanacaste.
Mud and rocks came
falling down on from the
side of the road
yesterday afternoon and
reports of vehicles
trapped under the debris
could not be verified as
rescue workers dig
through the rubble.
The mudslide occurred
near the turn off to
Monteverde on the major
route that connects
Puntarenas and Liberia
and the Guanacaste
beaches. The highway
remained closed last
night.
The weeklong rains has
caused many rivers in to
overflow their banks,
causing flooding and
evacuation and death.
As of last count, 274
communities have been
affected around the
country as a tropical
storm at the
Honduras-Nicaragua
border batters Costa
Rica, primarily in the
Pacific coastal areas,
seven deaths reports and
77.000 directly and
indirectly affected.
Earlier this week the
Interamericana Sur, that
connects Cartago to
Peréz Zeledón was also
affected, as mudslide
washed away some 50
metres of road surface
at kilometre 111.
Passage through the area
is "regulado" -
regulated - as only one
lane is available.
According to the
Instituto Meteorológico
Nacional (IMN) )-
national weather service
-it hasn't rained like
this in San José since
1944 and is the highest
accumulation of rain -
between January and
September - in the
capital since 1900.
The IMN is predicting
that the downpours will
be begin to lighten up
by tomorrow.
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