Belangrijk bericht 27-11-2016
BELANGRIJKE INFORMATIE VAN R.G.I.SA
Reforestation Group International SA wil met dit bericht haar participanten informeren over de status van alle teak plantages welke op dit moment kritiek is. De oorzaak van de kritieke status is te wijten aan de orkaan Otto die op 24 november tussen 13.00u en 15.00u over het gebied trok.
De toegangswegen naar de verschillende teakplantages zijn gedeeltelijk geblokkeerd door overstromingen, omgevallen bomen, aardverschuivingen etc. Dit maakt het inventariseren van de schade erg ingewikkeld.
R.G.I. sa zal de komende twee weken bezig zijn met de complete inventarisatie en berekening van de schade die is veroorzaakt door de orkaan.
Tropical storm Otto kills nine in Costa Rica
At least nine people have been killed by tropical storm Otto in Costa Rica, officials say, as areas recorded over a month's worth of rain in a few hours.
President Luis Guillermo Solis declared three days of mourning. Some 5,500 residents had to be evacuated. Several towns were covered by water and mud, and small bridges collapsed.
Officials from the Public Works and Transport Ministry estimate that Otto caused damage on 150 roads accounting for some ₡4,734 million ($8.4 million).
Otto, the southernmost hurricane on record to hit Central America, made landfall in southern Nicaragua as a category-two storm on Thursday, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. At its peak, Otto had wind speeds of up to 175km/h (110mph).
Costa Rica had not been directly hit by a hurricane since records began in 1851.