NewsWhore
10-31-2007, 05:30 PM
Weather reports from Puerto Rico substantiate eyewitness reports from Punta Cana where the sun is shining again. The large system that has brought gusts on Sunday and heavy rain through Wednesday seems to be moving northwards and is expected to lift from the Dominican Republic tomorrow. Reports from La Romana and Punta Cana are that the weather has cleared. Meanwhile, Santo Domingo, central areas and the southwest were drenched with rain early on Wednesday morning. Nevertheless, there are forecasts that the day will clear by tomorrow afternoon. At noontime, it was no longer raining in Santo Domingo.
The storm has primarily affected people who travel to work using public transportation and motoconchos, and the poor who live in vulnerable areas near rivers or hillsides. Solidarity is being called for to help those who have experienced flooding and property losses. Practically everyone seems to know someone whose house has been flooded.
See www.tormenta.net (http://www.tormenta.net)
ONAMET says that the additional rain was the result of a tropical wave located to the south of Puerto Rico that is moving at 30 kms an hour. Thus authorities are maintaining the Red Alert for 27 provinces. For the coast, small craft warnings continue in place, as waves of between six and eight feet are expected.
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The storm has primarily affected people who travel to work using public transportation and motoconchos, and the poor who live in vulnerable areas near rivers or hillsides. Solidarity is being called for to help those who have experienced flooding and property losses. Practically everyone seems to know someone whose house has been flooded.
See www.tormenta.net (http://www.tormenta.net)
ONAMET says that the additional rain was the result of a tropical wave located to the south of Puerto Rico that is moving at 30 kms an hour. Thus authorities are maintaining the Red Alert for 27 provinces. For the coast, small craft warnings continue in place, as waves of between six and eight feet are expected.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)