Severe flooding due to heavy rain has caused widespread damage to roads and homes in Costa Rica.<br /><br /> Landslides have collapsed bridges interrupted communications and forced more than 1500 people to seek alternative accommodation.<br /><br /> Emergency shelters have been set up offering help to the flood victims.<br /><br /> The Panamanian government has provided a helicopter to support search and rescue operations in flooded parts of Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast line.<br /><br /> The president of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis has declared an emergency as heavy rainfall continues to flood the entire province of Limon and the cantons of Turrialba and Sarapiqui.<br /><br /> RT: Costa Rica Floods – Hundreds Evacuated, 25 Communities Isolated: Costa Rica’s National… http://t.co/6uJIn6DAAb pic.twitter.com/JjiCl343VM— globalfloods (@globalfloods_eu) June 24, 2015
