At least 700 people have been moved to temporary refuges as a result of heavy rains that began Tuesday night. The National Emergency Commission has declared a yellow alert in the entire sector of the Caribbean, the North zone of Costa Rica and several other Cantons. It is expected that the rains will continue the morning of today (Thursday, December 2).
Flooding has been reported in the lower cantons of the Caribbean coast and is the principal cause of the evacuation of people living near these rivers. Some of the smaller towns remain isolated. In Guatuso, Alajuela the river level increased 1.5 meters affecting some 4000 inhabitants.
Electrical outages have been reported in many sectors, including our farms and offices. The packing station was forced to generate power to operate yesterday as the result of a tree falling on the main electric line to the office/packing station area.
The principle problem reported at this hour is the damage to roads. 27 damages have been reported due to the flooding. Land slides have closed the road from San Jose to Limon and difficulties in transport of products to the Port of Limon as well as movements of ships in and out of the port have been reported, but details are still lacking.
Dr. Lloyd