He Center of Operations Emergency (COE) this Monday placed the Duarte province in alert redto 21 provinces in alert yellow, and keeps six in alert green due to the rains that will continue to affect a large part of the country due to the influence of a trough and a tropical wave to the south of the Caribbean Sea.
In alert red the province is located Duartespecifically in the area of Under Yuna.
In alert yellow There are the National District and the provinces Puerto Plata, Peravia, MarÃa Trinidad Sánchez, La Altagracia, Santo Domingo, Hato Mayor, Monseñor Nouel, Espaillat, San Pedro de MacorÃs, San Cristóbal, La Romana, Samaná, Azua, San Juan, El Seibo , La Vega, Monte Plata, Santiago, San José de Ocoa, Sánchez RamÃrez and Hermanas Mirabal.
In alert green Barahona, Pedernales, Santiago RodrÃguez, ElÃas Piña, Valverde and Bahoruco are located.
He COE provides favorable conditions for storms electricity and gusts of wind, so caution is recommended on all coasts of the country. In addition, it advises the population to refrain from crossing rivers, streams and ravines with high volumes of water in the provinces under alert.
It also urges the operators of boats small and medium-sized companies on the Atlantic coast to carry out their operations with caution, staying close to the coastal perimeter and avoiding sailing out to sea due to abnormal waves and wind.
Damage
The prolonged rains They have caused damage to more than 400 homes, more than half in the province of La Altagracia, in the eastern part of the country.
The Minister of the Presidency, Ignacio Paliza, reported during a visit to Higüey this Monday, that a national Haitian lost his life when he was about to cross a swollen tributary.
