Santo Domingo.- The National Meteorology Office (Onamet) reported this Monday that the tropical storm earl It is located north of Saint Thomas and will continue to indirectly generate precipitation over our territory in the coming days, especially in the afternoon hours.
Meteorology explained that the alert levels and the recommendations on the Atlantic coast are maintained.
The indirect effects associated with tropical storm earl and the effects of a trough in the central portion of Cuba will continue to generate occasional cloudy increases over our territory that will leave scattered precipitation in the morning, and are expected to increase during the afternoon hours when there will be heavy downpours at times, thunderstorms and gusts of wind. sometimes over towns in the north, northeast, southeast, southwest, the central mountain range and the border area.
“Today at five in the morning the center of the tropical storm EARL, was located near latitude 20.9 north and longitude 65.3 west, about 280 km north of St. Thomas (Lesser Antilles), moving north/northwest at about 7 km/h, maximum winds of 85 km/h . Minimum central pressure of 998 millibars. We closely monitor the evolution and development of this meteorological phenomenon,” reported Onamaet.
Due to the expected rainfall associated with the indirect effects of Earl the Onamet, maintains weather alerts due to possible flooding of rivers, streams and ravines, as well as urban flooding and landslides.
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The provinces on alert They are: La Altagracia, El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, La Vega, San Cristóbal, Monte Plata, Hato Mayor, La Romana, Santiago, Dajabón, Santiago Rodríguez, Valverde, Elías Piña, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Monseñor Nouel and Sánchez Ramirez.
recommended to the operators of fragile and small boatsnot to venture further inland due to abnormal winds and waves, within the coastal perimeter between Cabo Engaño in La Altagracia to Cabo Francés Viejo in María Trinidad Sánchez, due to the effects of the strong wind generated by the tropical storm earl that causes abnormal waves offshore.
For tomorrow, Tuesday, we will continue under the entry of cloudy fields associated with ttropical storm Earl, which will be located to the north of our island over the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and also that of the trough associated with this system. For this reason, moderate to strong downpours, electrical storms and gusts of wind will be generated, mainly towards locations in the regions: northeast, southeast, east, southwest, the border area and the Cordillera Central.
