Given the situation that the country could go through due to the atmospheric phenomena that affect it, the president Luis Abinader invited the main mayors of the Greater Santo Domingo to participate in LA Semanal with the Press in the National Palace so that they could explain what they were doing to deal with any eventuality that occurred as a result of the rains that are being recorded and that are expected due to tropical storm Rafael.
The mayor of the National DistrictCarolina Mejia, When speaking on behalf of his peers present, he stated that the Prevention, Mitigation and Response Committee of the National District has been active since October 30 and that by instructions from the president Luis Abinader, we also work in coordination with the commonwealth of mayors of the Greater Santo Domingo.
“We meet today in the Corps of Firefighters, with the other institutions with which we work coordinated, among which are the Ministry of Public Works, Environment, Public Health, Intrant, Digesett, Caasd, Edes, among others,” commented MejÃa.
- Some parts of the city looked flooded with water this Monday due to the rains that are registered. The use of mechanical shovels in the Santo Domingo Este municipality, to clean ravines full of plastics, was frequent.
The owner of the Town hall of Santo Domingo Oeste (ASDO), Francisco Peña, highlighted having received from the Government the sum of five million pesos in tools, in addition to the fact that they already have about 50 shelters identified.
Peña has called the entire team emergency of the ASDO not to leave the municipality to provide assistance in any eventuality that may arise.
Junior Santos, mayor of municipality Los Alcarrizos, think that the problem of the Santo Domingo province is not only the Ozama River, but also the network of glens that have not yet been cleaned up and that are what carry the garbage to the Caribbean Sea.
He complained that in past governments some 95 million euros were invested in a manufacturing plant. waters wastewater, which currently practically does not work due to the amount of garbage that reaches it.
“The solutions to the problems of glens They should start in Pedro Brand and continue in Santo Domingo Norte,” suggested Santos.
He argued that the waste Solids affect and Travel from the ravines of La Guáyiga, following those of Los Alcarrizos, Pantoja, Palmarejo, the Isabela River until reaching the Caribbean Sea.
The general director of the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewer Corporation (Caasd), Felipe SubervÃ, present at the meeting, expressed that this institution has delivered more than 16 kilometers of glens reorganized 42 kilometers of intervention carried out in the Greater Santo Domingo. In total, the Caasd has 105 kilometers of surveying.
Rains from Storm Rafael
The director of the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet), Gloria Ceballos, reported that the storm Tropical Rafael that affects the Caribbean coast of the country will be moving towards the northwest of the Dominican Republic, so along its path it will continue generating rains significant on the national territory.
He stated that for the next 48 hours the forecasts of rains They indicate values ​​from 25 to 125 millimeters for the Yuma, El Valle and Noroeste, Enriquillo, Higüamo and Cibao Norte regions.
He revealed that, for the weekend, another active tropical wave will be affecting Dominican territory. Ceballos when participating in LA Semanal con la Prensa that every Monday presents the president Luis Abinader at the National Palace.
“We are going to have a rainy November. The prospects are that there will be a lot of rain according to those models”Director of Indomet
Green and yellow alert
On alert green are found: Santiago, Montecristi, the Greater Santo DomingoLa Vega, San Pedro de MacorÃs, San Cristóbal, La Romana, Peravia, San José de Ocoa, San Juan, Santiago RodrÃguez, ElÃas Piña, Independencia and Bahoruco.
Low alert yellow There are the provinces of Puerto Plata, Hato Mayor, Duarte, MarÃa Trinidad Sánchez, El Seibo, Espaillat, Samaná, La Altagracia, Hermanas Mirabal, Barahona, Dajabón and Pedernales.
What the alerts mean
Alert green: That which is declared when the expectations of a phenomenon allow the occurrence of an event of a dangerous nature for the population to be foreseen. It may be partial.
Alert yellow: When the upward trend in the development of the event implies imminent risk situations and severe situations of emergency.
