A POLICE OFFICER  DIED in an unsuccessful bid to rescue his son in Los Santos on Sunday, February 7, as winds gusting to   to  90 kilometers an  hour whipped up waves along Panama beaches.

National Police (PN) Lieutenant,  Manuel Rodriguez was trying to rescue his son Daniel 19,  on the playa de Búcaro, in the  Tonosí, district.

A search for the body of the sone was continuing on Monday.

The wind  tore  roofs from homes  in Penonomé and Chiriqui.

Red flags prohibiting access to  many beaches were posted on Sunday, and early Monday the Joint Task Force (FTC) , was considering extending the ban nationally  for 48 hours said Jose Donderis , director of the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc).