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Hurricane Otto causes $15 million in damage to Costa Rican coffee sector

Posted On: Dec. 14, 2016 5:00 AM CST

A report by the Costa Rican Coffee Institute has said that Hurricane Otto, which made landfall in Costa Rica on Nov. 24, caused around $15 million worth of damage to the nation's coffee sector, The Tico Times reports. The most affected farms include Buenos Aires, Coto Brus and Pérez Zeledon, the report said. The hurricane killed 10 people and damaged more than 270 houses as well as 92 national routes at 394 points.

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