21 Dominican Republic provinces under alert for heavy rains
The Emergency Operations Center (COE) declared that it maintains 12 provinces on yellow alert and nine on green alert due to the heavy rains that is located over the country.
The agency reported that the provinces of Samaná, Sánchez Ramírez, Monseñor Nouel, La Altagracia, La Romana, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, San Pedro de Macorís, Monte Plata, Gran Santo Domingo and Monte Cristi are on yellow alert.
On the other hand, the provinces of María Trinidad Sánchez, Duarte, La Vega, Azua, San Juan, Santiago, Valverde, Santiago Rodríguez and Puerto Plata are on green alert.
The entity issued meteorological alerts preventing the occurrence of floods, sudden flooding of rivers, streams and ravines, as well as landslides.
El COE mantiene 12 provincia en alerta amarilla y 09 en alerta verde por posibles crecidas de ríos, arroyos y cañadas, así como inundaciones repentinas o urbanas, debido a que una vaguada y una onda tropical sobre el país seguirán provocando lluvias significativas. pic.twitter.com/1bg8M3ShVj
— COE (@COE_RD) November 5, 2022
On November 4th, in a matter of hours more rain fell in Greater Santo Domingo than half of an entire rainy month, which collapsed the transit in the city, according to the measurements of the central station of the National Directorate of Meteorology.
In those three hours, 70 millimeters of water fell on Santo Domingo and the National District, when the average in the month of November averaged 132 millimeters, according to those statistics.
Related – Santo Domingo transit collapses to heavy rains
Roads such as 27 de Febrero, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and Máximo Gómez avenues, which cross the city north-south and east-west, have become impossible to reach, a situation that is worsened by the desperation of drivers who have taken all the lanes. to try to move forward, but blocking traffic.
The director of the Emergency Operations Center (COE), Juan Manuel Méndez, reported that they have been able to confirm the death of four people who died because of the heavy rains on November 4th.
Also read – Heavy rains in Santo Domingo causes four deaths
