NewsWhore
04-23-2008, 02:50 PM
A low-pressure zone located to the northeast of the country has forced the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) to issue red and green alerts for the northern and eastern regions. This comes just two days after a series of tornadoes caused damage in La Vega, San Pedro de Macoris, San Francisco de Macoris and areas near Santiago de los Caballeros. According to El Nuevo Diario, the province of La Vega is on red alert due to the effects of the tornadoes that caused one death and injured four in the city. The green alert applies to the provinces of Puerto Plata, Santiago, Espaillat (Moca), Samana and Maria Trinidad Sanchez in the northeast, and Hato Mayor, El Seibo and San Pedro de Macoris in the east. According to the COE, 3,625 people were displaced by the tornadoes. The COE press release goes on to say that 30% of electricity and phone lines have been repaired in La Vega and 100% of the lines have been repaired in San Pedro de Macoris.
According to the COE, a green alert is "when the forecasts predict a dangerous event." A red alert is defined as "one which is declared when a (atmospheric) phenomenon impacts a specific area, causing adverse effects to persons, property, vital lines (of communications) or the ecology".
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According to the COE, a green alert is "when the forecasts predict a dangerous event." A red alert is defined as "one which is declared when a (atmospheric) phenomenon impacts a specific area, causing adverse effects to persons, property, vital lines (of communications) or the ecology".
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)