NewsWhore
05-21-2009, 04:00 PM
The Emergency Operations Center (COE) is warning of imminent risk of flooding in six provinces as rains continue and the ground is saturated. It has been raining in the DR since the weekend. The COE has upgraded its yellow alert to red.
According to Hoy newspaper, the Dams Committee is monitoring the situation, and the eastern towns of El Seibo and Hato Mayor have been cut off by rising creeks and streams.
The provinces under Red Alert are Pedernales, Barahona, Independencia, Elias Pina, Dajabon and Monte Cristi.
Meanwhile a yellow alert is still in place for San Juan de la Maguana, San Jose de Ocoa, La Vega, Monsignor Nouel (Bonao), Sanchez Ramirez (Cotui), Maria Trinidad Sanchez (Nagua), Monte Plata, Hermanas Mirabal (Salcedo), Samana, San Cristobal and Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris).
The COE warned that residents should take all precautionary measures due to the high risk of flooding and landslides.
According to forecasts, heavy rains will continue falling for the next 48 to 72 hours, mainly over the southwest, northwest, the border with Haiti and the central mountains, sometimes extending over the rest of the country, as a low-pressure area makes its way to the east.
There are also small craft warnings for the Caribbean coast and the east as far as Samana.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)
According to Hoy newspaper, the Dams Committee is monitoring the situation, and the eastern towns of El Seibo and Hato Mayor have been cut off by rising creeks and streams.
The provinces under Red Alert are Pedernales, Barahona, Independencia, Elias Pina, Dajabon and Monte Cristi.
Meanwhile a yellow alert is still in place for San Juan de la Maguana, San Jose de Ocoa, La Vega, Monsignor Nouel (Bonao), Sanchez Ramirez (Cotui), Maria Trinidad Sanchez (Nagua), Monte Plata, Hermanas Mirabal (Salcedo), Samana, San Cristobal and Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris).
The COE warned that residents should take all precautionary measures due to the high risk of flooding and landslides.
According to forecasts, heavy rains will continue falling for the next 48 to 72 hours, mainly over the southwest, northwest, the border with Haiti and the central mountains, sometimes extending over the rest of the country, as a low-pressure area makes its way to the east.
There are also small craft warnings for the Caribbean coast and the east as far as Samana.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)