In November 2009 rains in the mountains above Boquete caused significant flooding in the valley, destroying a bridge and flooding many houses. Since then the government invested millions virtually paving the river in stones.
Yesterday mother nature proved itself once again more powerful than the labors of man and machine. After a day of heavy rain the Caldera once again started cleaning it’s banks of the stones and overflowing in several areas.
Today the damage was assessed and people were cleaning our flooded houses.
The restaurant formerly known as the Palo Alto, until it was destroyed by the river in November 2009 was rebuilt and reopened as The Rock. Today the location of the restaurant formerly known as the Rock, is mud again. I could not drive the road to Palo Alto to take photos, the road was closed. I have been told a bridge out along the road and there has been significant damage to at least one hotel on the road.
I did drive into town from Jaramillo and despite slides and trees on the road I made it.
The town of Boquete shows some signs of flooding, mud on roads near bridges,
Lloyd Cripe has send out this information about the 13.98 inches of rain yesterday and more to come.
“At the Palmira Station we recorded 13.98 inches of rain between 2:00pm and 8:00pm. You can see a graph of the rainfall at Weather underground. Just chose the date of August 22, 2010 and take a look. Most of the rain fell between 2 and 6 pm. The streams and rivers were gorged and some flooding occurred. ”
This is a link to more photos provided by Mark Heyer. Link
More to come!
Comments
I lived in Boquete for 6 months and i am so sadden with what happen, but it sure makes me want to go back i miss it there, it is a very nice place to live i will be back some day
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