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11-19-2007, 03:50 PM
The National Emergency Committee (COE) has kept its Red Alert in place for 11 provinces and has issued a Yellow Alert for a further 16 provinces. The alerts come on the heels of the news that two more bridges have collapsed and several communities are isolated by flood waters as a result of the rains caused by a small weather system that passed over the northern parts of the country during the weekend. Communities in Monte Plata, Los Alcarrizos, Constanza, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Nagua and Espaillat were affected by flooding. The provinces under Red Alert are: San Cristobal, Monsenor Nouel, San Jose de Ocoa, Azua, Peravia, Duarte (especially the Lower Yuna Basin), Barahona, La Vega, Sanchez Ramirez, Maria Trinidad Sanchez and La Altagracia. Special rescue brigades are stationed in the Lower Yuna Basin as a preventive measure.
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