Santo Domingo.- Almost 800 displaced people, floods and felling of trees and power lines is the provisional balance of the passage through the Dominican Republic of hurricane Fiona, category 1, and which made landfall last morning in the eastern part of the country.
According to a preliminary report from Emergency Operations Center (COE), there are 789 people displaced from their homes and 54 houses are damaged, mainly in the east and northeast of the country. The areas most affected by the phenomenon that is moving through Dominican territory today, in their entirety on alert.
In addition, more than 11,500 clients do not have electricity.
Fiona, the first hurricane to enter the Dominican Republic since powerful Ivan in 2004, continues to bring heavy rain and wind.
The cyclone made landfall at Cabo San Rafael (east of the country) and is located about 25 kilometers southwest of Punta Cana, where moderate to strong rains and maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometers / hour, with higher gusts, are recorded, according to the National Meteorology Office.
According to predictions, the accumulated rainfall will range between 100 and 300 millimeters, although it may be higher in isolated points and reach about 450 millimeters.
Given this situation, the warning of urban flooding, flooding of rivers, streams and ravines, as well as landslides in several provinces of the country, is maintained.
It is expected that when Fiona leaves Dominican territory, she will do so with a category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, out of a maximum of 5.
Fiona arrived in the Dominican Republic after hitting Puerto Rico on Sunday, causing “catastrophic” damage, a general blackout and significant flooding.
