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More than a thousand people remain in shelters in the Pacific

Dozens of families have left shelters in the Pacific after the red alert for heavy rains. However, there are still 1,109 people in 20 shelters.

The National Emergency Commission (CNE), in coordination with the first response institutions, delivered food to each family leaving the shelter. Another work is the distribution of supplies by land and by water to the different communities that remained isolated.

In addition, the Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers continues in the distribution of water. For this, several teams used tanker trucks to access areas such as Paquera. They also took 90 containers of 40 liters per boat to Isla Venado.

Another priority tasks is road restoration, in which the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) works with different teams.

The president of the CNE, Alexander Solís, visited the region of the Nicoya Peninsula on Sunday along with the Vice President of the Republic, Marvin Rodríguez, to get a first-hand look at the work of the members of the Municipal Emergency Committees.

In addition, with the assistance of Air Surveillance of the Ministry of Public Safety, a flyby was made in Paquera, where the geologist Julio Madrigal found that there were small landslides along the basins, which caused a lot of material to go downstream, thus affecting the communities of San Rafael, Santa Cecilia, Paquera, Río Grande, and Guarial.

Madrigal points out that it does not represent a big risk for the communities. However, if there are new rains, it could generate more material drag towards the communities.

crhoy.com