Severe storm warning — Costa Rica was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Friday, 25 September 2026 at 15:40 UTC. The event is classified as a storm incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through CAPHUB.
Official warning from Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (Costa Rica): Lluvias Intensivas y Tormentas Eléc. Severity Severe, urgency Expected, certainty Likely. Areas: Costa Rica. Valid from 25 Sep 2026 15:40 UTC until 26 Sep 2026 05:50 UTC. Original headline (Spanish): Lluvias Intensivas y Tormentas Eléctricas en la Ve. A warning announces a hazard; it is not a report that harm occurred. Distributed through the CAP Alert Hub.
Where this happened
The incident is located in Costa Rica (North America), whose capital is San José. Historically, Costa Rica is most affected by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and floods. You can follow every incident recorded in this country, updated live, on the Costa Rica incident tracker.
Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 9.703°, -84.126°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.
Understanding storm events
Severe thunderstorms, windstorms, hail and winter storms. Severe storms combine wind, lightning, hail and sudden downpours. Secondary effects — falling trees, power line damage and flash flooding on roads — cause the majority of injuries.
How severity is rated
Global Incident Tracker rates every event on a four-step scale — Minor, Moderate, Severe and Extreme — derived from the source signal: earthquake magnitude, official GDACS alert colour, or the volume of independent media reporting for news-derived incidents. This event is currently rated Severe. Ratings can change as more information becomes available, and a rating is a monitoring signal rather than an official government assessment.
Safety guidance for storm situations
- Move indoors and away from windows; avoid sheltering under trees.
- Unplug sensitive electronics and avoid using wired equipment during lightning.
- Assume every downed power line is live and keep well clear.
- Do not drive through flooded underpasses.
- Follow only official instructions from local authorities and emergency services — this page is a monitoring record, not an emergency alert.
Data and verification
This record was generated automatically from CAPHUB and de-duplicated against our archive. Early reports for any incident can be revised: locations get refined, magnitudes are recalculated and impact figures change as assessments arrive. We deliberately do not publish casualty numbers unless an official source states them. The original source report is linked at the top of this page.
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Timeline and sources
Official warning
Issued by National weather and disaster agencies (CAP Alert Hub). A warning or forecast describes a hazard; on its own it is not a report that harm occurred.
How statuses are decided · the number of reports is never treated as confirmation.
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· received · event time 25 Sep 2026, 15:40 UTCFirst report Official warning
First recorded from National weather and disaster agencies (CAP Alert Hub).
Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.
Conditions at the time
19.2 mm of rain fell that day, and the temperature peaked at 22°C. Conditions are shown for context only — they do not establish a cause.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.