He Ministry of Education reported at 8:23 in the morning of this Friday the Safety protocols activation In the educational regionals located in Provinces low yellow alertand authorized the Teaching suspension in the centers considered vulnerable for their proximity to ravines, rivers or flood risk areas.
The measure, disseminated when many parents had already left their children in schools and schools, responds to the bulletins of the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (INDOMET) and of Emergency Operations Center (COE), that they keep in yellow alert at Provinces Santo Domingo, María Trinidad Sánchez, San Pedro de Macorís, La Altagracia, El Seibo, National District, La Romana, Samaná, Hato Mayor and Monte Plata.
He MINERD urged directors, teachers, students and families to Stay informed through official channels and strictly comply with authorities recommendations.
Effects of the rains
The rains that from the early hours of this Thursday they affect much of the national territory caused floods in communities From Azua, La Romana, Higüey and in the border area with Haiti, where the Massacre River left its channel and left the bridge in the lower part of Juana Méndez.
In Azua, brigades of the Civil defense They went to the El Rosario Municipal District at dawn, where 160 families were affected by the flooding of their homes.
Rescuers evacuated several people andThey gave basic assistance in the middle of the flood of ravines and streams. So far no demarcation have been reported.
On the northern border, the massacre river overflowed yesterday and flooded the lower part of Juana Méndez, reaching homesstreets and the free zone Codevi, where thousands of Haitians work.
The border bridge was completely below the waters, interrupting the daily crossing of hundreds of people to the Dominican Republic.
The informal steps of Don Miguel and La Peñita They were also flooded, hindering the transit of merchants, students and workers. Testimonies collected in the area narrate the anguish of families trying to save belongings and protect the children of the strong current.
In the east of the country, the province La Romana registered streets and underwater avenues due to the effects of an active tropical wave in combination with a trough.
The vehicular traffic was interrupted in several sectors and some vehicles remained stranded. Authorities local and civil defense urged to the population not to circulate through flooded streets and stay attentive to official bulletins.
In Higüey, Las rains caused the flood of rivers and the flooding of sectors such as Villa María and Los Morales.
Dozens of houses In the seven lagoons They remained under water, and community leaders denounced the contamination of accumulated water and the lack of definitive solutions to overflows. In Verón, teaching was suspended as a preventive measure.
While the road section Las Matas de Farfán-San Juan, the rains They flooded a good part of the road.
The downpours, associated with the tropical wave and the trough in height, continued during the day on different regions of the country. The Dominican Institute of Meteorology (INDOMET) reported accumulated above 180 millimeters in 24 hours in the east of the country, while the emergency operations center (COE) Keep in yellow alert AND GREEN TO 16 Provinces for possible floods of rivers, streams and ravines.
