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08-02-2011, 03:30 PM
Dominicans have begun serious preparations for the storm. The Emergency Operations Center (COE) and the Water Observatory warned of the risk of flash floods and mudslides that could affect residents of vulnerable areas.
The Water Observatory decided to operate the Sabana Yegua, Sabaneta, Tavera and Moncion dams at their maximum water levels. According to a report by the director of Indrhi, Frank Rodriguez, evacuation orders will be applied in the areas that could be affected such as Jaquimeyse, Bombita, Palo de Leche, Palo Alto, Penon, Pescaderia Habanero, La Hoya, and Fundacion in Sabana Yegua. In the case of Sabaneta, the areas to be evacuated are La Mesopotamia and the lower part of the San Juan River, while in Taveras, which will operate with a discharge of 100 cubic meters per second, people who live next to the course of the North Yaque River and the low points of Guayubin, Palo Verde and Castanuelas will be evacuated. There will also be evacuations along the Lower Yuna River Basin.
National Meteorological Office (Onamet) director Gloria Ceballos reported that model paths indicated that the storm would pass over the country tomorrow afternoon near the Bay of Ocoa, bringing 115 millimeters (4.5 inches) of rainfall.
Yellow alerts were put into place for the southwest of the country, and evacuations will begin today in Barahona, according to General Juan Mendez Garcia of the COE. Green alerts are in place for La Altagracia, La Romana, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo, the National District, San Cristobal, Azua, Pedernales and Peravia.
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The Water Observatory decided to operate the Sabana Yegua, Sabaneta, Tavera and Moncion dams at their maximum water levels. According to a report by the director of Indrhi, Frank Rodriguez, evacuation orders will be applied in the areas that could be affected such as Jaquimeyse, Bombita, Palo de Leche, Palo Alto, Penon, Pescaderia Habanero, La Hoya, and Fundacion in Sabana Yegua. In the case of Sabaneta, the areas to be evacuated are La Mesopotamia and the lower part of the San Juan River, while in Taveras, which will operate with a discharge of 100 cubic meters per second, people who live next to the course of the North Yaque River and the low points of Guayubin, Palo Verde and Castanuelas will be evacuated. There will also be evacuations along the Lower Yuna River Basin.
National Meteorological Office (Onamet) director Gloria Ceballos reported that model paths indicated that the storm would pass over the country tomorrow afternoon near the Bay of Ocoa, bringing 115 millimeters (4.5 inches) of rainfall.
Yellow alerts were put into place for the southwest of the country, and evacuations will begin today in Barahona, according to General Juan Mendez Garcia of the COE. Green alerts are in place for La Altagracia, La Romana, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo, the National District, San Cristobal, Azua, Pedernales and Peravia.
www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1866 (http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1866)
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