Folks,Puerto Rico has seen indirect effects from Sandy,first the tail that brought heavy rains that caused some flooding and now big waves arriving to the north coast causing coastal flooding and that shows how large is Sandy that can send big swells well away from the center.
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http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.a ... 73741.htmlAlthough it is on the East coast of United States, the giant Hurricane Sandy is leaving feeling in Puerto Rico, with a strong storm which has already caused flooding and the closure of roads in the area north and East of the island, and the cancellation of classes in the school San Carlos Borromeo, in Aguadilla.Police said that it was necessary to cancel classes at the College since the strong waves broke the protective fence of cement and broke the gate of the campus. In Aguadilla, also was closed to the public park Columbus.Similarly, the specifcally warned that in the sector empty Talega in Loiza, PR-187 road is closed in both directions since the waves broke up the track, and water and sand clogged the step. There, police officers, divert transit by other routes, since the track is impassable from the bridge until the beginning of the road in pine nuts.
Meanwhile, the executive director of the State Agency for the management of emergency and disaster management (Aemead), Heriberto Saurí, reported that in Aguada, the Navy Street and the Park are closed to the public by the strong waves, while in Barceloneta is closed highway PR-684, at 16.5 km."Staff of the City Office of emergency management (OMME) cleaned the road (in Barceloneta) on two occasions in the course of the night, however, the tide continues coming out which staff of the Office is monitoring the area," said the official in writing.Sauri also explained that his agency works with land landslides that occurred in the past few days by the remnants of the Sandy Hurricane rains. He pointed out that, in Cayey, these landslides are in barrio Beatriz Mamey, road PR-7736; on the road PR-1, at heights of Montellano, and road PR-763, kilometer 2, barrio Guavate, sector mourning.He added that staff of the Department of transportation and public works (DTOP) next to the municipal offices of emergency management met landslides in the neighborhood Turabo sector aqueduct, km 2 in Caguas, and highway PR-1, kilometer 48, barrio Beatriz, sector Las Piñas city, also in Caguas.
