15,000 Isolated By
Floods In Panama
PANAMA -
About 15,000 people remain isolated due to
floods caused by pouring rains in Panama,
the National System of Civil Protection (Sinaproc)
said Tuesday.
Highways and roads in Bocas del Toro
bordering with Costa Rica were flooded as
Sixaola River roared. Many communities in
the province were made isolated, the
Sinaproc said.
Meanwhile, Luz Graciela Calzadilla, a
meteorologist at the Electric Transmission
Company, said that the effects of the cold
front in Costa Rica would continue over the
next 18 to 24 hours in Panama.
On Monday, the Panamanian authorities issued
a green (preventive) alert in the provinces
of Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Vergaguas and
Colon, asking the inhabitants to be
cautious.
In November last year, Panama's Darien
province on the border with Colombia was hit
by pouring rain, causing the rivers of
Chunchunaque, Chico, Tupisa and Turqueza to
overflow and making some 700 Panamanian
families in the province threatened by
hunger.
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