HEAVY rains  led to the collapse of three houses on a hillside in the Nuvea Libia sector of northern Panama), collapsed on Tuesday, November 22.

There were no reports of injured people, and soon after the collapse  furefighters and Civil Defense teams (Sinaproc) arrived to cordon off the area.

Tropical storm Otto, in the Southern C aribbean has been upgraded  to a hurricane with winds of 120 km. It has led to a red alert in parts of Panama and a yellow alert in all other areas.

Schools and government offices  have been closed, and some metro bus routes shut down.

Three people are known to have died as a result of the storm, and emergency services are working round the clock to assist over 2,000 people displaced by floods and widespread damage.

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