Rain collapses 5 story wall

WORK has been  suspended  at a building where a five-story retaining wall collapsed in Costa del Este after heavy rains on  Friday afternoon, September 30.

The rains and accompanying winds  caused flooding, and brought down trees across the city and on Corridor Sur.

A  high winds and waves warning on both coasts is in effect until October 3 as Hurricane Matthew has been upgraded to category 5.

The decision to suspend work on the site  was announced by Minister of Labor Luis Ernesto Carles during an inspection of the accident site on  Saturday.

Carles said the work would be halted until an investigation by city engineers and the civil defense agency Sinaproc is complete.

No one was injured by the collapse.