{"id":487683,"date":"2025-10-21T21:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T01:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/coe-declares-red-alert-in-nine-provinces-ahead-of-the-imminent-passage-of-storm-melissa\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T21:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T01:21:13","slug":"coe-declares-red-alert-in-nine-provinces-ahead-of-the-imminent-passage-of-storm-melissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/coe-declares-red-alert-in-nine-provinces-ahead-of-the-imminent-passage-of-storm-melissa\/","title":{"rendered":"COE declares red alert in nine provinces ahead of the imminent passage of storm Melissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>SANTO DOMINGO.<\/strong> \u2013 The Emergency Operations Center (COE) raised to <strong>red alert<\/strong> the provinces of Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, San Crist\u00f3bal, Peravia, Azua, Barahona, Pedernales, San Jos\u00e9 de Ocoa and San Juan de la Maguana, after a meeting headed by President <strong>Luis Abinader<\/strong> in the National Palace.\n\nThe institution warned that these areas face a <strong>high level of danger<\/strong> due to the effects of tropical storm <strong>Melissa<\/strong>, so it recommended that residents <strong>keep their emergency kit at hand<\/strong> and <strong>locate themselves in safe places<\/strong> before and during the passage of the phenomenon.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Tormenta Melissa provoca caos en el tr\u00e1nsito del Gran Santo Domingo\">http:\/\/Tormenta Melissa provoca caos en el tr\u00e1nsito del Gran Santo Domingo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nLikewise, the provinces of La Vega, Hato Mayor, San Pedro de Macor\u00eds, El\u00edas Pi\u00f1a, El Seibo, La Romana, Independencia and La Altagracia (including Saona Island) remain under <strong>yellow alert<\/strong>, while <strong>Bahoruco, Santiago, Mar\u00eda Trinidad S\u00e1nchez and Saman\u00e1<\/strong> remain under <strong>green alert<\/strong>.\n\nFaced with the risk, the Government ordered the <strong>suspension of classes<\/strong> on Wednesday and Thursday in the provinces under red alert and <strong>reduced the working day<\/strong> in the morning, both in the public and private sectors, until <strong>one o&#8217;clock in the afternoon<\/strong>.\n\nAccording to the latest report from the <strong>Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet)<\/strong>, storm <strong>Melissa<\/strong> is located about <strong>415 kilometers south\/southwest of Barahona<\/strong>, with maximum sustained winds of <strong>85 km\/h<\/strong> and higher gusts. It is moving <strong>west at about 24 km\/h<\/strong>, although it is expected to <strong>reduce its speed and turn towards the northwest and north<\/strong> in the coming hours, with the possibility of strengthening.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO. \u2013 The Emergency Operations Center (COE) raised to red alert the provinces of Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, San Crist\u00f3bal, Peravia, Azua, Barahona, Pedernales, San Jos\u00e9 de Ocoa and San Juan de la Maguana, after a meeting headed by President Luis Abinader in the National Palace. 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