Sixaola is a community on the border of Panama. Due to a cold front, in the Caribbean, this community experienced flooding from Friday, March 6th till Wednesday, March 11th, when the water began to recede.
In less than four months this zone was affected by three floods. One at the end of November, another in January and the present flood.
Due to this flood, 1500 people from this community needed to look for a safe place to stay. Contacts from the zone have communicated that some people are staying in second floors of churches or in homes of friends. Others are living on the sides of roads near the bridge that is above the Sixaola River, which marks the border between Costa Rica and Panama.