SANJOSE – Relentless rainfall in the Caribbean region caused at least two deaths amid severe flooding and major infrastructure damage in northern and eastern Costa Rica, authorities said on Monday.
Two people were killed and another two were missing, according to the Red Cross in Costa Rica. Some 3,000 people were forced to seek refuge from the extreme weather into emergency shelters, authorities said.
Nearly a quarter of Costa Rica is under a “red alert” declared by the National Emergency Commission (CNE) for flooding and landslides, including the northern municipalities of San Carlos, Upala, Guatuso and the Caribbean zones of Limón, Matina, Talamanca, Sarapiquí and Turrialba.
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2021-07-21 23:35:30 GMT2021-07-22 07:35:30(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SAN JOSE, July 21 (Xinhua) A powerful 7-magnitude earthquake hit the border area between Costa Rica and Panama at about 3:15 p.m. local time Wednesday, according to the National Seismological Network of the University of Costa Rica.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located 113 km south of Punta Burica, Panama, at the southern end of their shared border, on the Pacific Ocean, with a depth of 10 km, the report said.
In Costa Rica, the earthquake caused alarm across much of the country, but mainly in the capital San Jose and major cities, where residents reported falling objects.