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10-31-2007, 05:30 PM
The National Institute for Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI) is recommending that people living in low-lying areas should be evacuated. The recommendation comes at a time when water levels in several dams are reaching the maximum limit, specifically the Hatillo Dam and the dam at Sabana Yegua in Azua. In the case of the dams, Hector Rodriguez Pimentel, the head of INDRHI, told Diario Libre reporters that while all of the nation's dams are releasing water, the most critical areas are Sabana Yegua where at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon the dam was receiving 3,150 cubic meters of water per second and was discharging 520 cubic meters per second in order to prevent causing damage downstream. The dam is designed to hold water up to the 400-meter mark and it is currently at the 398.3-meter level. Rodriguez said that his office has sent these recommendations to the COE. Rodriguez also told reporters that the Rio Yaque del Sur was still within its banks but that it could spill over at any time. INDRHI added that the Hatillo Dam was releasing 513 cubic meters per second and warned of flooding in the Lower Yuna River Basin.
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