12 homes affected in Boquete floods

HEAVY DOWNPOURS  throughout the weekend led to flooding and land slides in Chiriqui and Bocas Del Toro with at least 12  homes affected in the district of Boquete.

The Joint Task Force (FTC), led by the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc), said the torrential rain has wreaked havoc in several localities in western Panama, near the border with Costa Rica.

The FTC is assembled in Boquete to assess  the situation and help families affected by landslides and floods while another group worked  clearing a landslide on a highway in Rio Sereno, Chiriqui. No injuries have been recorded, only material losses, reports La Prensa.