Rain, rain, go away

[NewsWhore]

The recent rains have isolated more than thirty communities in the north east of the country, and at least two people have died as a result of the swollen rivers in the area. The province of Maria Trinidad Sanchez (Nagua) has been hardest hit. According to the weather bureau, a stationary front over the Windward Passage is the cause of the continual rains that have been falling since last Thursday. Diario Libre prints dramatic pictures, taken along the Gregorio Luperon Tourist Highway, that show large sections of the roadway falling into the valley below. In the famous "U curve" section of the highway, three small houses were left clinging to the hillside. In Bonao, a third death was attributed to flooding of the Los Quemado River. Streets in many of the central valley towns were flooded, and the Center for Emergency Operations (COE) called for people in low-lying areas to be very cautious.

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