some disaster info coming from Costa Rica (4+ days heavy rain)

[ensho]

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php?smp=&lang=eng


Area: Costa Rica, Puntarenas, , Chomes



!!! WARNING !!!

Description:

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. IMN is predicting that the downpours will be begin to lighten up by tomorrow.

Damage level: Heavy (Level 3)
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climate change is so much fun

politics mean diddly shit to climate change

[Gato Moteado]

1. i was stuck in the southern part of the country for a day last weekend.....

....couldn't get back to the central valley because the cerro de la muerte had rock slides and the route along the pacific coast through quepos and parrita was flooded.

we're getting a lot of rain here. that said, it is the rainy season.