Costa Rica evacuates communities before the imminent arrival of a tropical storm

The authorities of Costa Rica continue this Thursday implementing preventive measures and have evacuated some towns prone to flooding before the imminent arrival scheduled for Friday of what is expected to be the tropical storm Bonnie.

the president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chavezmade this Thursday a call to the population to abide by the orders of the authorities and affirmed that the country is prepared to face the impact of the storm and carry out humanitarian and reconstruction actions, if necessary.

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“We have the emergency decree ready to be signed on Saturday or Sunday in case the situation is worse than we expect. We are ready to act.” declared Keys.

The National Emergency Commission (CNE) has preventively evacuated 930 people who live near the San Juan River, on the border with Nicaragua, while some 2,800 police officers have been deployed in the risk areas to collaborate with the attention of the emergency.

In addition, the Ministry of Education decided to suspend the lessons on Friday as a preventive measure against the rains.

The forecast of the National Meteorological Institute indicates that the phenomenon will make landfall around noon on Friday (18:00 GMT) in the border area with Nicaragua on the Caribbean coast, and then cross the entire border territory and go out into the Pacific around noon. of Saturday.

In those 24 hours, up to 200 millimeters of rain is expected to fall, which is equivalent to all that rains in a month.

The forecast also indicates that there could be winds of 70 kilometers per hour associated with the storm.

The CNE established an orange alert on Wednesday for almost the entire territory, with the exception of the southern Caribbean zone, which is on yellow alert.

With the orange alert, the work of local emergency committees was activated and the transfer of personnel and supplies to the areas that are expected to be the most affected.

Other actions that are carried out are the review of 200 sites that could function as shelters in an emergency, as well as the inventory of the supply warehouses and, if necessary, their replenishment.

President Keys He said that if necessary, he will travel to the areas affected by the rains on Sunday to see the damage on the ground.

The last time Costa Rica suffered the direct impact of a hurricane was in 2016 when Hurricane Otto entered the Caribbean coast, crossed the country and exited the Pacific, a trajectory similar to that brought by tropical wave number 13, which is expected to become a cyclone in the next few hours.

Source: Elcomercio

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