Selfies and and photographs with wild animals on social networks contribute to animal cruelty, according to a recent analysis by World Animal Protection in conjunction with the digital agency Grassriots. Since July, both agencies have begun to work on understanding the scope and impact of wildlife selfies, which are an increasingly common manifestation of ecotourism. […]
Archives for October 5, 2017
Nate causes six hydroelectric plants to stop working
The increase in flows and sedimentation due to heavy rains that fall on the national territory prompted the Energy Control Center to make the decision to have six hydroelectric plants to shut down operations. Two of the plants are from the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity: Cachí and Brazil, as well as four from the […]
Liberia airport cancels domestic flights
Liberia’s Daniel Oduber International Airport canceled all domestic flights due to the country’s emergency response to Nate tropical storm. Cesar Jaramillo, general manager of Coriport concessionaire, said that by decision of the airlines, they reported the cancellation of two international flights, which were coming to Liberia from Atlanta and Houston, in the United States. Despite […]
OIJ: “We’ve had as many as 20 missing people reports during Nate Storm”
The Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) has reports of 15 people missing as a result of the heavy rainfall caused by Nate Tropical Storm. Michael Soto, head of the Office of Plans and Operations (OPO) confirmed that reports fluctuate. For example, at one point they even had alerts for 20 missing people. The police chief confirmed […]
State of National Emergency for the whole country
President Luis Guillermo Solís declared a National Emergency for the entire Costa Rican territory due to the rains that are affecting the country. In addition, the entire public sector had the day off this Thursday. Rains were increased by tropical storm Nate that was created in the Caribbean Sea and have caused hundreds of floods, […]
911 received more than 8,700 reports
In the last few hours, the 911 Emergency Service has received more than 8,700 reports of damages due to Tropical Storm Nate. Users have reported impacts in various parts of the national territory. Among them, 231 have to do with landslides, 27 with strong winds and 2 with waves. In addition, 115 requests for inspections […]