Santo Domingo.– The director of the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (INDOMET), Gloria Ceballos, reported that the passage of the tropical storm Melissa continues to pose a risk due to the intense rains that it could generate in a large part of the country, with accumulations that could exceed 300 millimeters in some areas, especially in the south and southwest.
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Meteorological authorities predict that rainfall will increase in intensity this Thursday, extending until Friday, although with less frequency. However, they warned about the risk of urban and rural flooding due to soil saturation after several days of continuous rain. The President Luis Abinader led this Wednesday, along with the Vice President Raquel Peña, the second follow-up meeting on the evolution of Tropical Storm Melissa, which is currently located about 485 kilometers south/southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. During the meeting, the authorities evaluated the preventive measures implemented by the emergency agencies and reiterated the call for the population to remain attentive to the official bulletins of the Emergency Operations Center (COE) and the INDOMET.
