Scientists say one of Costa Rica’s largest volcanos is spewing clouds of ash and gas, setting off a small-scale evacuation. Park rangers activated a green alert, the lowest of three levels, after the 10,958-foot (3,340-meter) Turrialba volcano rumbled loudly and …
How do you find the National Theater in San Jose? “Left-hand turn 100 (meters) south of the People’s Bank.” The train station? “Right-hand turn, 400 (meters) west of the Costa Rica Middle School and 100 south.” Those are addresses in …
The bulletins were terrifying: a powerful earthquake had struck off the coast of this Central American country, spawning a tsunami warning and bringing fears of widespread catastrophe. But Costa Rica suffered remarkably little damage from Wednesday’s magnitude-7.6 quake – a …
An Anoka, Minn., couple is stuck in Costa Rica after an all-terrain adventure landed one of them in the hospital. Ron and Elissa Merritt are desperately trying to get back to the U.S. where their health insurance will pay for …