Early this morning in San Antonio De Escazu, Costa Rica, a rain sodden hillside collasped on homes killing 20 and leaving 14 dead. The landslide happened while most were still sleeping. This is one of the main causes for the casualities, because its difficult for people to react quickly enough a fast event such as this. This landslide was not a surprise as a massive storm hit Costa Rica yesterday. In two hours Costa Rica received over six inches of rain and over a foot of rain in total. Many people evacuated the area but obviously some did not. To no surprise this happened in a poor community where people might not be educated enough to leave. After the initial landslide many people came to help to try to find people but they were turned away in fear of additional landslides. This is a good idea, because as we have learned in many times there is more than one event in a disaster.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101105/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_costa_rica_landslide
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