NewsWhore
04-16-2008, 02:41 PM
The Weather Department (ONAMET) is forecasting plenty of rainfall for the rest of the week, due to a frontal system to the southeast of the Dominican Republic. As the media is reporting diminishing water supplies in the two largest Dominican cities, Santo Domingo and Santiago, this is good news, indeed. Forecasters said that the system would cause rainfall over the east and south of the island. Satellite images and forecasting models are also predicting rain. Another system from eastern Cuba will also bring rain to the whole island as of tonight. Local forecasts are saying that there will be increasing cloud cover and rain showers over most of the Dominican Republic, especially La Altagracia, Hato Mayor, La Romana, Samana, San Pedro de Macoris, Monte Plata and El Seibo provinces. Showers will continue throughout the day with increasing intensity in the north. Thunderstorms are expected all over the island, and will continue until the weekend, as the two systems join together. Yesterday Santiago experienced an intense thunderstorm with some local flooding of streets and low-lying areas.
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