SANTO DOMINGO.- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) issued a green alert for six provinces due to possible flooding of rivers, streams and ravines, as well as sudden or urban floods, due to the effects of two valleys that affect our territory.
Greater Santo Domingo, Santiago, San Juan, Monte Plata, Sánchez Ramírez and Hato Mayor are on green alert.
The National Meteorology Office foresees that during the afternoon of this Saturday the cloudy clouds will increase even more, generating downpours that are locally moderate to strong, electrical storms and gusts of wind, especially over the provinces: El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, Hato Mayor, Monte Plata, Sánchez Ramírez, Samaná, Duarte, Santiago, La Vega, Monseñor Nouel, San José de Ocoa, San Cristóbal, El Gran Santo Domingo, among others nearby. These precipitation activities could extend until the early hours of the night.
The rains are the product of two valleys that affect our territory.
He indicated that tomorrow Sunday, The meteorological conditions will remain quite humid and unstable over the area, due to the influences of the troughs that will favor episodes of downpours and thunderstorms from early morning and morning hours on localities of the southern, northeastern and central portions of the country, for the Later, we expect these to be more frequent and moderate to strong at times, thunderstorms and gusts of wind, especially in the northeast, southeast, Cordillera Central and border regions until early evening.