The Emergency Operations Center (COE) issued this Holy Thursday a green alert for seven provinces, due to possible urban and rural flash floods, flooding of rivers, streams and ravines, as well as landslides.
They are on alert: Monte Plata, Santo Domingo, La Vega, Hato Mayor, Monseñor Nouel, San Cristóbal and Sánchez Ramírez.
According to the report of the National Meteorological Officethe east/northeast wind has kept dragging humidity over the Dominican territory and in combination with a trough that continues to affect the weather conditions, by favoring the development of downpours, electrical storms and occasional gusts of wind over the provinces of the northeast, southeast, (including Greater Santo Domingo), Cordillera Central and over some towns in the border area.
In quanteither to the surf, the ONAMET®It recommends that fragile and small boats sail close to the coastal perimeter without venturing out to sea.
Conditions for Good Friday and Saturday
East Holy Friday In the morning hours, the sky will be clear and with little rain over the western portion of the Dominican Republic, while for the eastern part, especially over the provinces of Santiago, La Vega, San Cristóbal, María Trinidad Sánchez, Sánchez Ramírez, Duarte and Samaná, a partly cloudy to cloudy sky with scattered rains will be visualized.
The meteorological report specified that this bad weather activity will be intensifying in the afternoon hours over a large part of the national geography, where moderate to strong downpours, electrical storms and gusts of wind will occur.
In relation to Holy Saturdaythe trough will be generating clouds from the early hours of the day, generating heavy downpours, with electrical storms and gusts of wind in the afternoon, being more frequent and intense over the mountain systems, this activity is expected on Sunday inclusive.
“By the beginning of next week, the trough is expected to continue generating clouds that will discharge heavy downpours, with electrical storms and gusts of wind over a large part of our territory,” ONAMET said in the report.