Barahona, a city in the Dominican Republic, faced devastating floods on Sunday as relentless rainfall transformed streets into raging rivers, overwhelmed ravines, and triggered landslides in the El Derrumbao region. The deluge caused significant damage to several resorts, burying them under mud, water, and debris. The National Meteorology Institute attributed the extreme weather to an upper-level trough interacting with a tropical wave, which unleashed torrential downpours starting early Sunday. In Villa Central, where a new maternal and child hospital is being constructed, the rainwater surged more intensely than typical river flows during storm season. The most severely impacted areas included Villa Central, El Derrumbao, Villa Mirian beach, the boardwalk, the city market, and the neighborhoods of La Playa and Villa Estela. Local authorities and the Fire Department collaborated to mitigate flooding on critical streets. At the Lisandra Aponte School, a wall collapsed, forcing emergency teams to evacuate multiple families from high-risk zones. The soil in Barahona was already saturated from recent rains caused by Hurricane Melissa, which had previously drenched parts of the Dominican Republic before advancing toward Jamaica as a Category 5 storm.