The National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) maintains a surveillance notice for rains and storms in the country, which are expected this week. This notice is valid until April 7.
Among the areas under this alert are: Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Veraguas, Ngäbe Buglé region, Los Santos, Herrera, Coclé, West Panama, Panama, Darién, Emberá Wounaan region, Colón, Guna Yala region, and maritime mountainous sectors of the Caribbean and Panamanian Pacific.
Sinaproc forecasts sudden river flooding and possible urban flooding in vulnerable areas.
