Another cold front could hit Costa Rica this weekend, bringing cooler temperatures, high winds and some rain, but nothing like the kind that recently devastated the Caribbean region, according to meteorologist Estefania Jiménez.

Following nearly two weeks of flooding, the government is beginning to take stock of the damage across the Caribbean plains and coast.

Floodwaters have subsided, and all families have left the temporary shelters set up in late November and early December, said Reinaldo Carballo, spokesman for the National Emergency Commission (CNE).

Jorge Sauma, general manager of Costa Rica's National Banana Corp. (CORBANA), said the sector is facing $30 million in losses. Flooding and heavy rain damaged 10,000 hectares (about 24,700 acres) of banana plantations, resulting in the loss of approximately 4 million boxes of bananas, about 5 percent of annual production, Sauma said.

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