NewsWhore
04-30-2008, 02:30 PM
The Emergency Operations Committee (COE) has issued a Yellow Alert for 15 provinces in the Dominican Republic due to the risk of flooding caused by increasing rain showers. A low-pressure front is currently hovering over most of the country. The COE issued the alert for Santo Domingo, the National District, Puerto Plata, Santaigo, Samana, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Espaillat, Duarte - particularly the Lower Yuna Basin, Hato Mayor, El Seibo, San Pedro de Macoris, Monsignor Nouel, Salcedo, Sanchez Ramirez and La Vega. According to the bulletin, the COE is advising residents in these provinces to continue taking precautions against flooding and landslides. At the same time, the National Meteorological Office said that thunderstorms would continue today, caused by the humidity and the unstable air mass and yet another low-pressure area located over Haiti and coming east.
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