{"id":487774,"date":"2025-10-22T17:38:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/suspension-of-classes-and-work-maintained-in-provinces-under-red-alert-due-to-storm-melissa\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:38:24","slug":"suspension-of-classes-and-work-maintained-in-provinces-under-red-alert-due-to-storm-melissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/suspension-of-classes-and-work-maintained-in-provinces-under-red-alert-due-to-storm-melissa\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspension of classes and work maintained in provinces under red alert due to storm Melissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo.<\/strong>&#8211; The <strong>Emergency Operations Center (COE)<\/strong> reported this Wednesday that the <strong>suspension of teaching and public and private work<\/strong> is maintained in the provinces that remain under <strong>red alert<\/strong> due to the effects caused by <strong>tropical storm Melissa<\/strong>, which continues to affect the Dominican territory.\n\nDuring a press conference led by President <strong>Luis Abinader<\/strong>, the director of the COE, <strong>General Juan Manuel M\u00e9ndez<\/strong>, explained that they maintain <strong>nine provinces are on red alert<\/strong>, including the National District, <strong>thirteen on yellow<\/strong> and <strong>three on green<\/strong>.\n\nM\u00e9ndez also said that heavy rains are expected to intensify this Thursday and continue through Friday.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/Colapso de calle por lluvias deja incomunicado en Santiago\">http:\/\/Colapso de calle por lluvias deja incomunicado en Santiago<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nFrom his side, President Abinader reaffirmed that the government&#8217;s objective with these preventive measures is to &#8220;save lives&#8221;, while stating that regarding the country&#8217;s dams, only the one in Sabaneta, in the province of San Juan, is being given special monitoring.\n\nThis way, the provinces on red alert are: Barahona, San Crist\u00f3bal, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, San Jos\u00e9 de Ocoa, San Juan, Azua, Peravia and Pedernales, the COE indicated in a statement.\n\nOn the other hand, the following are under yellow alert: La Vega, La Romana, Hato Mayor, El Seibo, Saman\u00e1, San Pedro de Macor\u00eds, Monse\u00f1or Nouel, S\u00e1nchez Ram\u00edrez, La Altagracia, El\u00edas Pi\u00f1a, Monte Plata, Independencia and Bahoruco.\n\nFurthermore, due to Melissa, which continues to move west\/northwest at about 4 km\/h and is expected to advance slowly, Mar\u00eda Trinidad S\u00e1nchez, Santiago and Duarte are in green.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rueda de Prensa - Seguimiento a la Trayectoria de la Tormenta Melissa.\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3RfF2GBKkA4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.&#8211; The Emergency Operations Center (COE) reported this Wednesday that the suspension of teaching and public and private work is maintained in the provinces that remain under red alert due to the effects caused by tropical storm Melissa, which continues to affect the Dominican territory. 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