Nicaragua is getting ready for the evacuation of coastal communities and two islands in the southern Caribbean due to the imminent arrival of Hurricane Otto on Wednesday or Thursday. Evacuations must be carried out and this must be done in the better way, said Guillermo González, from the National System of Prevention, Mitigation and Disaster […]
Archives for November 23, 2016
Plaza la Cultura Fountain is closed due to maintenance works
The joy for the new attraction of Plaza la Cultura lasted only a week. On November 21st, authorities decided to temporarily close the fountain to provide maintenance, as it has accumulation of ash and probably urine. Rafael Marín, architect in charge of the place, explained that authorities decided to close the water jet, taking advantage […]
Red alert extends to the entire Northern Zone
On Tuesday, President Luis Guillermo Solís announced that the areas of San Carlos, Guatuso, Los Chiles, Upala, Sarapiqui and Río Cuarto de Grecia were declared on red alert by the country’s authorities. For now, we ask to start a voluntary evacuation as a preventive measure before the arrival of tropical phenomenon,” said the president. In […]
A hurricane has never directly hit Costa Rican soil in 174 years of record
If hurricane Otto touches Costa Rica it will set a precedent: never before such phenomenon has occurred. This was confirmed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on information replicated on Tuesday by The Weather Channel. NOAA has only one registered tropical storm (which made landfall), on the Pacific side in its database of […]
Liver transplants saved 11 people’s lives
During this year, 11 people had a new chance to live thanks to the liver transplants that were performed in national hospitals. Marvin Agüero, technical coordinator of donations and transplants from the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), declared that, this year, the number of procedures increased by 3. According to the technical coordinator, the […]
Authorities foresee severe impact on banana and pineapple plantations
In the midst of the preventive actions carried out by the Costa Rican authorities in the aftermath of Hurricane Otto, the Government warns about the impact on the agricultural production. Banana and pineapple plantations could be affected, as announced by President of the Republic Luis Guillermo Solís during the Governing Council. Due to the heavy […]