▁area ▁in ▁hel ic op ters . ▁ 1 , 2 4 4 ▁people ▁were ▁disp la ced ▁in ▁the ▁immediate ▁after math . ▁In ▁addition , ▁a ▁hotel , ▁houses , ▁roads , ▁and ▁vehicles ▁were ▁dam aged , ▁and ▁several ▁brid ges ▁were ▁also ▁destroyed . ▁The ▁town ▁of ▁Cin ch ona ▁was ▁heavily ▁hit , ▁and ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁buildings ▁there ▁were ▁heavily ▁dam aged . ▁Power ▁was ▁tempor arily ▁dis rupted ▁in ▁San ▁José . ▁ ▁After math ▁The ▁Costa ▁R ican ▁Red ▁Cross ▁sent ▁at ▁least ▁ 4 0 0 ▁people ▁to ▁assist ▁in ▁the ▁recovery . ▁The ▁ag ency ▁said , ▁" Some ▁ 4 2 ▁communities ▁were ▁affected ▁and ▁sust ained ▁serious ▁impact s ▁on ▁civil ▁and ▁elect rical ▁infrastr ucture ... ▁[ They ] ▁are ▁going ▁to ▁need ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁help ." ▁Four ▁hel ic op ters ▁were ▁also ▁dispatch ed ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁help ▁aid ▁efforts . ▁The ▁ ▁( National ▁Emer gency ▁Commission ) ▁requested ▁private ▁hel ic op ters ▁to ▁help ▁with ▁the ▁aid . ▁ ▁Additionally , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Colombia ▁dispatch ed ▁hel ic op ters ▁with ▁aid ▁to ▁assist ▁with ▁the ▁relief ▁and ▁recovery ▁efforts . ▁ ▁About ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁after sh ock s ▁were ▁felt ▁throughout ▁Costa ▁Rica . ▁ ▁On ▁January ▁ 1 2 , ▁President ▁Oscar ▁A rias ▁declared ▁a ▁five - day ▁period ▁of ▁national ▁gr ieving ▁out ▁of ▁respect ▁for ▁the ▁vict ims , ▁and ▁asked ▁the ▁organiz