Heavy Rain Floods La
Pampa (Guanacaste)
The tropical depression
"Hanna" has parts of
Guanacaste and the
Central Pacific coast
under water, as the
Comisión Nacional de
Emergencias (CNE) -
national emergency
commission - began
providing assistance to
the affected and issued
a "red" alert for the
province.
The area rivers
overflowed their banks
and the heavy, constant
rain, flooded many of
the lower areas in the
vicinity of Filadelfia
and Santa Cruz.
According to the CNE,
600 people are already
being housed in
shelters.
The areas under the
"red" alert in
Guanacaste are: La Cruz,
Carrillo, Liberia, Santa
Cruz, Bagaces, Nicoay,
Cañas, Hojancha, Tilarán,
Nandayure, Abangares;
while in the Central
Pacific the "red alert
is for the areas of
Orotina, San Mateo,
Puntarenas, Parrita,
Esparza, Aguiree,
Garabito and Montes de
Oro.
In the communities of
Filadelfia, Santa Cruz,
Liberia, Cañas, Bebedero
and La Cruz, some 14
rivers have overflowed
their banks and have
many of the homes in the
area under water.
Many of the parts of the
highway that connects
Santa Cruz Liberia is
under water and making
transit through area
difficult.
In the area of Miramar,
north of Puntarenas, 35
families are isolated
when a water main and
200 metres of the local
road was washed away.
The Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes
(MOPT) reports that 12
local bridges are under
water.
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