He Emergency Operations Center (COE) issued a green alert Friday night over the National District and the provinces of Santo Domingo and San Cristóbal by possible floods of riversstreams and ravines. The entity warned of possible flash floods for those three districts.
He COE issued the alert based on the weather bulletin of the day of National Institute of Meteorology (INDOMET), which established that, on Friday night, through satellite images and meteorological Doppler radars, cloud fields accompanied by echoes of rains of different intensities, associated with the effects of a trough and the influence of the east/northeast direction wind.
The field covers different locations in the provinces of Samaná, María Trinidad Sánchez, Hato Mayor, La Altagracia, La Romana, San Pedro de Macorís and San Juan. sayings precipitation could gradually spread to other nearby locations during the rest of the night.
During Friday afternoon, the rains caused traffic disruptions on the Greater Santo Domingo and caused the cancellation of the match between Toros del Este and Leones del Esído, within the final series of the winter ball that was scheduled to be played at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium.
- The green alert It is declared when the expectations of a phenomenon allow us to foresee the occurrence of an event of a dangerous nature for the population.
Recommendations
Given this scenario, the COE recommended to keep in touch with the Civil defenseArmed Forces, Red Cross, National Police, Fire Departments and this Emergency Operations Center through the Tel: 809-472-09099.1.1, *462 of the OGTIC.
In addition, follow the guidelines and guidelines of the civil protection organizations. Also, given the occurrence of downpoursresidents in high-risk areas who live close to riversstreams and ravines must be attentive and take the precautionary measures necessary before possible floods and flash floods.
He recommended that people in the indicated areas refrain from crossing riversstreams and ravines that have high volumes of water and do not use spas in the provinces under alert.
