The rains registered because of a trough located on the Dominican territory caused floods urban for the second day in sectors of Santiagocausing chaos in the main streets and avenues of the city.
In avenues such as Salvador Estrella Sadhalá, 27 de Febrero, Circunvalación Sur, Tamboril and Hatuey, large puddles of water formed that made vehicular mobility difficult.
He Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic (Minerd) decided, in a preventive manner, cut class hours in educational centers. In addition, he asked parents to withdraw their children from the different educational centers at noon today.
The precipitation This Thursday they began to fall on Santiago around 4:00 in the afternoon and lasted for almost two hours.
Are rainswhich are expected until the weekend according to the forecasts of the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet), have been affecting the city since the afternoon of Wednesday, October 23.
He downpour Wednesday caused floods at the Cibao Stadium, which led to the suspension of the match between the Águilas Cibaeñas and the Estrellas Orientales. In the different areas of the boxes, preferences, dressing rooms and other entrances to the baseball park, the water ran violently.
Hospital
Likewise, several areas of the first floor of the Hospital Regional University José María Cabral and Báez were flooded. This situation was normalized by center employees, who continued working.
After the event, Dr. José Luis Bautista, director of the healthcare center, reported that they will be placed walls to avoid new floods in case of prolonged downpours. “We will put walls of containment to prevent water from reaching the Emergency, which is the area where the rain enters,” he declared.
The precipitation registered On the afternoon of Wednesday, October 23, they also entered the administrative area and the corridors of the first level of the hospital facilities. Bautista assured that the water that flooded Cabral and Báez did not endanger patients or staff, and the paramedics continued to work normally.
The doctor attributed the floods to the fact that the scuppers were covered, as well as the poor drainage system of the streets surrounding the hospital, which causes that, during the rainsthe health center floods.
Other damage
The Defense Civil reported that, as a result of bad weather, the perimeter wall of a school in the municipal district of Jacagua collapsed.
On the Gregorio Luperón highway, landslides occurred that affected vehicular traffic from Santiago to Puerto Plata and vice versa.
