Santo Domingo.– The discovery of the body of a person on the banks of the Isabela River, Santo Domingo, during the search for citizens reported missing since Friday brings to seven the number of deaths from urban flooding caused by heavy rains.
The Civil Defense reported in a statement on the rescue of the corpse, which it delivered to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) for identification. Since Saturday, the agency deployed search and rescue personnel, aquatic rescue technicians, canine units and unmanned aircraft (drones) to carry out localization tasks in the Cañada La Arenita de la Puya de Arroyo Hondo, Ozama and Isabela and Mar rivers. Caribbean, in the capital.
The Humanitarian Response Unit of the Dominican Army, the Amphibious Command of the Dominican Navy, units of the National Police, the Fire Department and the 911 System also participate in the work.
So far, the authorities have identified six fatalities due to the intense rainfall that collapsed the Dominican capital during the afternoon and night of last Friday, causing great damage, mainly in the vehicle fleet, which led the Government to decree the state of emergency.
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The deceased are Robert Maldonado Rosaro, 15, who died in Santo Domingo Oeste by electrocution, as well as Roberto Quevedo Santana50 years old, from the Las 800 de los Ríos sector, in the capital, suffocated by immersion, according to the report provided to EFE by the Emergency Operations Center.
Likewise, the bodies of Teofilo Antonio Cruz Peña, 63, who died of suffocation due to drowning in the Arroyo Hondo sector, and Yilmes Céspedes, 20, who died crushed after a wall fell on him in the Villa Claudia sector, were identified.
The other two fatalities are Alberto Javier Pimentel, 47, who was electrocuted in the Villa Francisca sector, and Edwin Alexander Cedano, 20, who died from being crushed in the La Zurza sector.
