Heavy downpours, thunder, electrical storms and gusts of wind have been felt for periods since this Friday afternoon as a result of an active tropical wave, as predicted by the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet). He Greater Santo Domingo goes to alert yellow due to inclement weather.
He Indomet indicated that in addition to the Greater Santo DomingoMonte Plata, San Cristóbal, San José de Ocoa, La Vega, Monseñor Nouel and some towns in the Central Mountain Range are the towns where they have incidence he atmospheric phenomenon.
The director of the meteorological organization, Gloria Ceballos, called for caution to the population due to possible river floodsstreams and ravines, as well as landslides and, in a special way, by urban flooding.
“rainy friday about him Greater Santo Domingocaution! Active tropical wave having an impact,” Ceballos expressed on his account on the social network X, formerly Twitter.
For his part, after receiving the weather bulletin, the Emergency Operations Center decided to vary the levels of alertselevating the National District and Santo Domingo in yellow, and also kept San Cristóbal, San José de Ocoa, Monte Plata and San Pedro de MacorÃs in green.
He COE recommended that people refrain from crossing rivers, streams and ravines that have high volumes of water in the provinces under alert.