Rains ruin four houses and threaten bridge

[NewsWhore]

The weekend rains destroyed four more houses near the "Devil's Creek" in the Arroyo Hondo section of Santiago de los Caballeros and threatened to destroy the bridge of the Yapor Dumit Avenue over the Yaque River. Residents of the affected area told Listin Diario reporters that they were only alive thanks to "miracles." The runoff of the waters from the upper part of the Arroyo Hondo section, combined by the floodwaters of the "Devil's Creek" have undercut the bridgehead on the north side of the span. The Yapor Dumit Avenue joins the southern portion of Santiago with the Otra Banda and La Barranquita. Witnesses say that three of the guardrails are already out of their normal position. Head of the local Civil Defense office Francisco Arias told reporters that the residents of the creek bank had been warned of the dangers of flooding and that landslides in the same area had destroyed three houses just last week.

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