Alert: Green

[NewsWhore]

The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) has called for a code green emergency alert for most of the country as a result of the flooding caused by the heavy rain that has fallen over the last few days, and informs that the rains will continue for another 48 hours. The COE said that the rains could cause mudslides, rivers to rise, and flooding in low-lying areas. COE director Colonel Juan Manuel Mendez Garcia said that many homes in the capital's Los Alcarrizos and Herrera areas were affected by flooding as well as homes in San Cristobal. Hoy newspaper reports that Monte Plata, Peravia, Monsenor Nouel, Barahona, Independencia, Pedernales and San Juan are specific provinces that should heed the warning by COE.

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