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| San José, Costa Rica, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, Vol. 10, No. 173 | |||||||||
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| One hurricane, two tropical
storms and a suspicious low pressure area march across the Atlantic. |
 U.S. National Hurricane Center
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| 2010 hurricane season begins to grow in strength |
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
With three months to go in the 2010 hurricane season, activity is picking up in the Atlantic. Hurricane Earl, two tropical storms and a likely storm or hurricane are making their way across the Atlantic. Earl is jeopardizing the Middle Atlantic states but still may take a turn to the north. So far it has been the tropical waves and low pressure areas in the Pacific that have kept Costa Rica well watered. The national emergency commission said Wednesday that 90 persons still are in shelters, refugees from a wave of low pressure systems. The latest, which hit the country Tuesday night and Wednesday morning took roofs off five houses in Hatillo and three in Escazú. In Pavas, the commission said that homes were flooded. The winds reached hurricane strength. More than 20 incidents were reported, the commission said. The commission asked residents to clean out streams and ditches that carry off water. And it also suggested that residents put aside some food, flashlights, batteries, medicine and personal documents in waterproof containers. There also is an alert for high seas on the Pacific. Many of the problems this year have been caused by landslides and blocked storm sewers or ditches. None of the hurricanes and tropical storms this season in the Atlantic have approached Costa Rica. But the tropical waves brought conditions that rivaled brushes with hurricanes. |
Weather officials in the United
States and here have predicted an
active Atlantic storm season. That season runs until Nov. 30. The
Instituto Meteorológico Nacional says that today will also see a
high
degree of instability due to low pressure over much of the country.
Afternoon rains are likely. There has been little rain on the Caribbean coast, although areas there are jeopardized by rain in the mountains that swell the local rivers. The institute said that the next five days likely will be the same. Earl, the third hurricane of the season, is too far away to be a consideration here, the institute said. In the United States the National Hurricane Information Center said that hurricane warnings are in effect for North Carolina to the Virginia border. A lesser storm watch is in effect all the way up the Atlantic coast. Tropical Storm Fiona is quickly moving northwestward from its mid-Atlantic location. It is expected to turn north, the Hurricane Center said. Tropical Storm Gaston is beginning to slow down over the open Atlantic, the center said. The storm is moving west. There also is a strong low pressure area on the coast of Africa that is likely to develop as it moves into the Atlantic. In the Pacific there is a low pressure system that has a high probability to develop into a tropical storm off the coast of México. It is too far away to affect the weather in Guanacaste. It is about 200 miles southwest of Manzanillo, México. |
| Police beef up preseence at key bridge with portable unit |
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Security officials have a portable police station to the La Amistad bridge over the Río Tempisque while a more permanent structure is built near the bridge. Fuerza Pública officers have been on patrol in the area along with representatives of the Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones since Aug. 3. 3. They patrol both the land and the river, which flows into the Gulf of Nicoya. The bridge is a main access point to the Nicoya Peninsula. |
Among other activities the police
attempt to prevent fishing off the
brige, which is considered illegal. They said that some damage has been
inflicted on the infrastructure by fishermen. Security officials also
said they avoided a blockade at the bridge last week by university
students who were demonstrating for higher school budgets. Some 74 persons have been checked out as well as 44 vehicles in that time, police said. Four officers are on duty in the mobile police station at any time, officials said. The decision grew out of talks with local officials over the last few months. Talks also were held with the local chamber. |
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