NAGUA.- LA North coast of the Dominican Republic lived this Sunday the effects of Hurricane Erin that, although his Category A 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale And it moves to hundreds of kilometers north of the country, caused in the area a strong waves and winds.
On the coasts of Nagua, in the north of the country, groups of curious came to observe the waves despite the prohibition of the Dominican government to approach the banks of the Atlantic.
“We are afraid that something may happen, but for now you are only aligning the passage of the hurricane,” Alexandra García, a worker in a store near the beach in this municipality.
While Francis de la Rosa said that, hearing from “A storm, I came to check and see that the sea is very brave.”
“I have come to supervise if you can stay at home,” He expressed from the rose that he lives near the coast.
Near there, surf fans gathered that took advantage of bad weather and waves.
“We are looking for waves for the hurricane,” Gaudy Estrella, a woman fond of this sport admitted. “We have been doing this for ten years (in surf practice).”
“Water is falling but not so strong. I see it as a normal day. Surfers practice having a limit, because if it gets very strong (the waves), sometimes the authorities come and take them out, but for now the waves are good, but they are not very dangerous,” said Ramón Antonio, who went to the coast to observe the surfers.
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Dominican authorities have maintained the yellow alert (minimal) for 11 provinces, between the east and northwest of the country.
The Dominican Institute of Meteorology (INDOMET) established in its most recent newsletter than Erin, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, is located about 269 kilometers from the province of Samaná (northeast) and that moves to the west/northwest at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers.
