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03-03-2009, 06:20 PM
The governmental Emergency Operations Center (COE) has extended to nine from seven the number of provinces under green alert due to recent heavy rainstorms. The COE issued an alert for La Vega and Monsignor Nouel last Friday, but today they decided to extend the warning to Montecristi, Dajabon, Santiago Rodriguez and Valverde, all in the northwest, and in the north to Puerto Plata, Santiago and Espaillat. According to the weather office (ONAMET), the rains are the result of a prefrontal system over Haiti and a frontal system that has been located over eastern Cuba. Both systems will affect northern, northeastern and northwestern areas as well as the Central Mountains, according to the COE. Residents in the provinces under green alert should take precautions against flooding and landslides. The COE also issued small craft warnings for the Atlantic coast of the Dominican Republic.
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