Due to a trough expected to arrive on Sunday, the COE has issued a green alert for five provinces

Five provinces are already on  green alert  due to a  trough  that will arrive on  Sunday  and whose effects will begin to be felt from the afternoon of that day until next Wednesday.

This was reported by the Emergency Operations Center (COE) and the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet) during a press conference this Friday.

The districts on alert are Montecristi, Puerto Plata, Valverde, Dajabón, and Santiago Rodríguez. 

The COE specified that the alert is issued two days in advance because the phenomenon would arrive on the weekend, according to a query the newspaper Hoy made to that organization.

Previously, the COE prohibited the use of rivers, streams, ravines, and bathing areas along the Nizao River and instructed preventive measures for nearby communities due to scheduled operations at the Valdesia Hydroelectric Plant.

The provision applies specifically from the Las Barías Counter Reservoir to the mouth of the aforementioned tributary, where controlled regulation will be carried out.

For her part, the director of Indomet, Gloria Ceballos, said that the country has «had an atypical May. We don’t have saturated soils (but) we will have severe weather because the atmosphere is going to be very unstable.»