{"id":487567,"date":"2025-10-20T20:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/tropical-wave-threatens-with-intense-rains-more-than-300-millimeters-could-fall-in-48-hours\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T20:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:31:09","slug":"tropical-wave-threatens-with-intense-rains-more-than-300-millimeters-could-fall-in-48-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/the-weather\/tropical-wave-threatens-with-intense-rains-more-than-300-millimeters-could-fall-in-48-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical wave threatens with intense rains; more than 300 millimeters could fall in 48 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo.<\/strong> \u2013 The director of the <strong>Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet<\/strong>), <strong>Gloria Ceballos<\/strong>, warned this Monday about the effects that the active tropical wave currently moving south of Puerto Rico could generate in the country, which could leave accumulated rainfall exceeding <strong>300 millimeters<\/strong> in the next <strong>24 to 48 hours<\/strong>.\n\nDuring a press conference at the headquarters of the <strong>Emergency Operations Center (COE)<\/strong>, Ceballos explained that, although the phenomenon has not yet been classified as a tropical storm because it does not have a closed circulation, the atmospheric conditions are favorable for its development, which could soon turn it into the tropical storm <strong>\u201cMelisa\u201d<\/strong>.\n\n<strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>: <a>http:\/\/COE increases alert to 21 provinces and warns of &#8220;very significant&#8221; rains in the coming days<\/a>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The system has not yet closed circulation, but it remains very active and is associated with low pressure. The most significant thing, regardless of its evolution, is the rains it will generate over the national territory,&#8221; the official warned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe heaviest rainfall is expected in the <strong>Caribbean coast<\/strong>, mainly affecting the provinces of <strong>La Altagracia, La Romana, San Pedro de Macor\u00eds, Greater Santo Domingo, San Crist\u00f3bal, Peravia, Azua, San Jos\u00e9 de Ocoa, Barahona and Pedernales<\/strong>.\n\nCeballos explained that meteorological models offer different trajectories: while the Europeans estimate that the system will pass south of the country, the Americans project that it could cross directly over the island. &#8220;Although the models do not coincide, they all anticipate significant accumulations,&#8221; he pointed out, recalling that in previous events between <strong>267 and 400 millimeters<\/strong> of rain were recorded in the capital.\n\nHe indicated that the influence of the phenomenon will begin to be felt from this Tuesday, with scattered showers in several regions, while <strong>between Wednesday and Thursday<\/strong> the most significant accumulations are expected.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo. \u2013 The director of the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet), Gloria Ceballos, warned this Monday about the effects that the active tropical wave currently moving south of Puerto Rico could generate in the country, which could leave accumulated rainfall exceeding 300 millimeters in the next 24 to 48 hours. 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