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08-26-2008, 03:00 PM
Rains caused by Hurricane Gustav led to flooding on many of Santo Domingo's main roads yesterday. Flooding made traffic unbearable and the lack of public transport made getting home a nightmare for hundreds of Dominicans. Flooding was reported on 27 de Febrero, Nunez de Caceres, George Washington, John F. Kennedy and 30 de Mayo Avenues. Many of the city's tunnels also experienced extreme situations of flooding. DR1 correspondent Lu Olivero reports lines at many of the public transport stops. Commuters had to wait for half an hour or longer to catch a ride. When buses or taxis did appear they were usually filled to capacity, making the ride home uncomfortable.
El Caribe reports that so far 5,000 people have been evacuated as a result of Gustav. Civil Defense corps director Luis Antonio Luna Paulino says that officials are still working on normalizing the situation in many of the affected provinces and communities. Luna said that many of the evacuations have been preventive. Meteorologists say that Gustav has now been upgraded to a level 1 hurricane passing the southern coast of the DR, near Barahona. The storm will hit neighboring Haiti as a hurricane with winds at a reported 140 KM per hour. The storm is currently located 120km south-southeast of Port au Prince and is traveling at 19kph.
To follow the storm in the DR, see www.dr1.com/forums/weather-beyond/... (http://www.dr1.com/forums/weather-beyond/78884-hurricane-gustav-tropical-storm-gustav-7.html#post671566)
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El Caribe reports that so far 5,000 people have been evacuated as a result of Gustav. Civil Defense corps director Luis Antonio Luna Paulino says that officials are still working on normalizing the situation in many of the affected provinces and communities. Luna said that many of the evacuations have been preventive. Meteorologists say that Gustav has now been upgraded to a level 1 hurricane passing the southern coast of the DR, near Barahona. The storm will hit neighboring Haiti as a hurricane with winds at a reported 140 KM per hour. The storm is currently located 120km south-southeast of Port au Prince and is traveling at 19kph.
To follow the storm in the DR, see www.dr1.com/forums/weather-beyond/... (http://www.dr1.com/forums/weather-beyond/78884-hurricane-gustav-tropical-storm-gustav-7.html#post671566)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#11)