Authorities in the Dominican Republic keep 27 provinces on alert due to flooding

Published at: 25/04/2024 10:51 PM

The Emergency Operations Center (COE) of the Dominican Republic maintains a total of 27 provinces on alert and the National District, due to a flood that increases humidity and the possibility of downpours, the Telesur website reported.

“The COE increases 13 provinces and the National District on yellow alert and keeps 14 in green, because we will have enough humidity and instability provided by the flood affecting our territory, so moderate to heavy downpours will continue,” the COE reported in its account on the social network X.

In this regard, he recommended “that people refrain from crossing rivers, streams and glens that present high volumes of water in the provinces under alert.”

The provinces of Azúa, Dajabón, La Romana, El Seibo, Espaillat, Hermanas Mirabal, La Altagracia, San Juan, Elías Piña, Peravia, Puerto Plata, María Trinidad Sánchez, Samaná and Valverde are on green alert.

Meanwhile, the provinces on yellow alert are Santiago, La Vega, Monsignor Nouel, San José de Ocoa, Hato Mayor, San Pedro de Macorís, Santiago Rodríguez, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, San Cristóbal, Monte Plata, Duarte, Sánchez Ramírez and Monte Cristi.

For its part, the National Meteorological Office (ONAMET) predicts that “in the morning hours there will be weak to moderate rains over provinces of the east, northeast and the Central Cordillera, since we will continue to be under the incidence of floodwaters located at various levels of the troposphere”.

Mazo News Team