Santo Domingo — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have activated a green weather alert for five provincial regions, responding to a projected period of severe weather that includes heavy downpours, thunderstorm activity, and powerful wind gusts across large swathes of the country.
The Emergency Operations Center, known locally by its Spanish acronym COE, announced the precautionary alert, which draws its foundation from latest forecasts released by the National Meteorological Office (INDOMET). According to INDOMET’s analysis, a high volume of atmospheric moisture will persist over the Dominican Republic through the midweek, though meteorologists project a gradual easing of adverse conditions starting Wednesday evening.
The unstable weather pattern is being driven by a low-pressure trough positioned in the mid-to-upper layers of the troposphere. When combined with daytime solar heating, this system creates ideal conditions for the rapid development of locally concentrated heavy showers, severe thunderstorms, sudden intense wind gusts, and even potential small hail formation during afternoon hours.
The hardest-hit areas are expected to be the country’s eastern plains, the Central Mountain Range, and the southwestern and northwestern territorial regions, which overlap with the five provinces placed under green alert: La Vega, Santiago, Puerto Plata, Monte Plata, and Valverde.
As a standard precaution for severe weather events, COE has issued public safety guidance for residents and visitors in the affected provinces. The agency urges people to avoid crossing swollen rivers, streams, and steep gullies that carry fast-rising floodwaters, and to stay out of designated public swimming areas while the alert remains in effect to reduce the risk of water-related accidents.
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