He Emergency Operations Center (COE) announced that it increased to five provinces on yellow alert due to the intense rains generated by a frontal system that remains close to the northern coast of the country.
According to the weather bulletin According to the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet), the rainfall, which began in the early hours, affects with greater intensity Montecristi, María Trinidad Sánchez, Mirabal Sisters, Puerto Plata and Espaillat.
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These areas experience rains of varying intensitysome strong, accompanied by thunderstorms, which is why they are on yellow alert.
Meanwhile, 6 provinces remain on green alertamong them, Dajabón, Santiago, Santiago Rodríguez, Duarte, Valverde and Samaná, due to the possibility of moderate rains with isolated thunderstorms and gusts of wind.