1) In the last two weeks, heavy rainfall in Costa Rica and Panama has resulted in flooding and rising river levels for local areas in the
Limon province and Bocas del Toro region of Panama. The development of a tropical low in the southern Caribbean is expected to produce
significant rainfall across the Atlantic regions of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama over the next
seven days.
A general view shows a flooded Itajai city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina November 26, 2008. Brazil sent hundreds of state and federal police officers to quell looting by ...