SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS.- The provincial and municipal authorities in the six provinces of the Eastern region have separately revealed that they are prepared with more than 1,500 shelter centers for the passage of the storm Fionascheduled to touch the island of Hispaniola on Monday.
Such is the case of San Pedro de Macorís, which has a total of 71 centers to be used. Of that amount in the main municipality, 31 will operate with capacity for 7,075 and another 50 available from the Olympic Village.
Among the shelters, Governor Aracelis Villanueva listed the schools of the bateyes Espirmental, Refajo, Cabeza de Toro, Eureka, Jagual, El Soco, La Cubana, Cumayasa, Negro, among others. Likewise the schools of plots I and II, and others from different neighbourhoods.
THE ROMAN
Representatives of relief agencies, the National PoliceProvincial Health and other institutions, presented the tools to deal with emergency situations.
The coordinator of the Committee and local director of Civil Defense, Rafael Vicioso, reported that there are currently 56 shelters that could be used in an emergency.
For his part, Heriberto Sánchez, from EdeEste’s commercial management, announced that this institution is ready to face any eventuality quickly and efficiently.
In the same way, Dr. Alejandro Hodge expressed himself, explaining that the hospitals have everything necessary to attend to any emergency in La
Governor Jacqueline Fernández revealed that there are food rations that will be distributed if necessary.
The Civil Defense, said that it has around 80 volunteers, will send its volunteers to the Salado River sector this Saturday, in order to warn about the importance of going to relatives or shelters in case of emergency.
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The government of Monte Plata also activated the Emergency Committee before the passage of storm Fiona, where Governor Rafaela Javier Gomera met this Saturday with the Provincial Committee for Prevention, Mitigation and Response, before the passage of storm Fiona through the territory. Dominican.
It was said that the objective is to draw up the action plan to be executed, in the face of the possible passage of tropical storm Fiona, for which reason they have identified the vulnerable areas of this province.
In Monte Plata, emphasis is being placed on the Chirino municipal district, Batey Yabacao, Batey Los Indios and other communities that are flooded because they are in the most fragile part and where they have already identified which are the shelters that are going to be used, in case if necessary.
The representative of the Executive Power, stated that cooked food will be provided to the people who are transferred to the shelters.
He argued that it is a phenomenon of nature and that we only “must entrust it to God” and take the measures humanely.
HATO MAYOR
The civil governor of Hato Mayor, Julia Mery Vásquez, confirmed that dozens of shelter centers throughout the province. She also recalled that the province is one of the most vulnerable, so she alerted citizens to voluntarily go to shelter centers and move to the homes of safer relatives.
THE SEIBO
To respond to a possible onslaught of storm Fiona, the governor of El Seibo met with the Mitigation Committee in the province, where a balance was passed on the shelters and the most critical and vulnerable points.
HIGÜEY
Martina Pepen, civil governor of Higüey, assured that this province is prepared to face any eventuality before and after the passage of Fiona.
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The inhabitants of Hato Mayor, El Seibo, Higüey, La Romana, San Pedro de Macorís and Monte Plata, as well as in the municipalities of each province, have crowded the supermarkets, seeking to acquire food and items to use before the passage of Fiona, which It is expected to make landfall on the island on Monday morning.
