2023-08-23 23:15:00
SANTO DOMINGO, Aug 23 – The director of the Emergency Operations Center (COE), Juan Manuel Méndez, reported that the body of an individual who threw himself into the Guajimía ravine in West Santo Domingo on Tuesday night was found, for that add up to two deaths due to storm Franklin.
The other fatality is a 33-year-old man who was dragged down a ravine in the town of Hatillo, in the province of San Cristóbal, some 30 kilometers from Santo Domingo, the source said.
The first, according to preliminary versions, suffered from depression, which would have motivated this unfortunate act.
Tropical storm Franklin that made landfall in the south of the country this Wednesday caused torrential rains and strong winds, and if it maintains its current travel speed of 20 kilometers / hour, it would leave tonight through Puerto Plata (north of the country) to be located on the Atlantic Ocean.
HOUSES AFFECTED
According to the Emergency Operations Center (COE), at the moment there are 542 homes affected, another two partially affected and 317 people have been mobilized to safe areas in the country.
In addition, there are 406,549 users affected by electrical problems and 1,318,853 by aqueduct problems, according to the first data.
According to the director of the COE, Juan Manuel Méndez, there is a lot of damage in Santo Domingo Oeste, Santo Domingo Este and the National District (center of the capital), although we must wait until the different institutions can assess the damage in its moment, because “we are still being impacted by the event.”
The latest meteorological data speaks of maximum winds of 65 kilometers / hour, with rainfall that can reach 300 and up to 400 millimeters.
So far this day, in Barahona, in the south of the country, where Franklin entered, 240 millimeters have already been recorded, and more rainfall is expected in other areas of the country.
AZUA
Some 38 people were taken to shelters in the El Rosario municipal district, south of Azua, as a preventive measure.
In addition, the communities of El Recodo and El Corozo, in the Padres Las Casas municipality, are flooded due to the rise of the La Cueva river, in the north of the province. The situation here has worsened because there are no neighborhood bridges.
Sócrates Urraca Espinosa, director of Civil Defense in the province, explained that 15 families from El Rosario were taken to the Gregorio Luperón high school for fear of the flooding of the Tábara river and the overflow of various canals.
The flow of people in the streets and shops remain closed in the urban area due to the suspension of work.
SONG INSIDE
Dozens of houses woke up flooded in the Cancino Adentro sector of Santo Domingo Este.
There the news is not new, since the inhabitants of Calle Respaldo Quinta every time it rains go through the same dilemma, because at that point the waters of a large part of the sector converge.
Likewise, the lack of maintenance of the filters causes the water to accumulate to such an extent that people cannot leave their houses.
MOCA
Civil Defense personnel in Moca remain quartered awaiting any news.
Víctor Vásquez, provincial director of the institution, said that they have continued to supervise and guide the population of vulnerable places.
HIGUEY
Residents of the La Florida neighborhood, in Higüey, La Altagracia province, are waiting for the growth of the Duey River.
Frightened, they collected their trousseau and have moved to shelters.
THE VEGA
Deputy Ángel Estévez asked Public Works to close the bridge in the Sabaneta area, in La Vega, while the rains persist, due to the poor condition of that infrastructure.
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