Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla announced that at least 2,540 homes had been affected by floods and landslides caused by indirect rains from Hurricane Tomás last week.
Chinchilla said that she expects the cost to be “extremely high,” and that road repairs will have the highest price tag. “The country is equipped to deal with crises of certain levels,” Chinchilla said. “But this one of the first of this magnitude, which has caused damages in such a large portion of the national territory.”
So far, the government has pooled $86.4 million in funds for the disaster and Chinchilla said on Tuesday that she expects other public agencies to contribute disaster relief money by the end of the week.
**To donate to the Red Cross, make a deposit to the Banco Nacional to account number 100100-7 in colones, or account number 68666-7 in dollars, or to Banco de Costa Rica account number 176003-3 in colones, or 204-6 in dollars.**
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