NewsWhore
04-22-2008, 02:30 PM
The recent tornado that primarily affected the Central Cibao region reminds Dominicans that tornados are not so rare. A news report in El Caribe newspaper indicates that there have been 22 tornados over the past five years. This is broken down in four in 2007, two in 2006, six in 2005, two in 2004 and seven in 2003.
The tornados mainly affected the central Cibao provinces, but their effects have been felt all the way to the east and the southwest.
This time around, Sunday's tornado caused damage in Mao in the northwest and San Pedro de Macoris in the southeast, in addition to most of the damage that was felt in the central Cibao region. Some 115 dwellings were affected by the weather phenomenon.
Meteorologists say that warm air clouds meeting cold air from an upper level trough (vaguada) had caused the tornado.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)
The tornados mainly affected the central Cibao provinces, but their effects have been felt all the way to the east and the southwest.
This time around, Sunday's tornado caused damage in Mao in the northwest and San Pedro de Macoris in the southeast, in addition to most of the damage that was felt in the central Cibao region. Some 115 dwellings were affected by the weather phenomenon.
Meteorologists say that warm air clouds meeting cold air from an upper level trough (vaguada) had caused the tornado.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)