18,000 still out of their houses from effects of Sandy
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SANTO DOMINGO. Two days after Hurricane Sandy distanced itself from the country there are 18,858 persons still out of their houses, some four thousand less than on Saturday.
The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) reported yesterday that 4,983 houses were affected and 71 communities were cut off. Most of these were in Azua where 51 communities were reported to be cut off. Nevertheless, it was the municipality of East Santo Domingo which had the most persons in shelters, 720. Given this situation, the COE has maintained the alerts in 10 provinces and the National District. Under Yellow Alerts are Duarte, Monte Plate, Peravia, San Juan de la Maguana, Santo Domingo, Azua, San Jose de Ocoa, and the National District. Under a green alert are Sanchez Ramirez, San Cristobal and Barahona.
The Santo Domingo Water and Sewer Corporation (CAASD) announced yesterday that 90% of their aqueducts are fixed and working, including the intakes at Mana and Duey and a great part of the wells at Brujuelas, La Joya and La Isabela where were out of service. In the meantime about a quarter (88) of the aqueducts of the National Institute of Drinking Water (Inapa) were out of service.
In San Cristobal, Peravia, Monte Plata and San Jose de Ocoa, a total of 54 aqueducts were out of service, while in the provinces of Azua, San Juan and Elias Piña they reported 21 units out of service. In Barahona, Pedernales and Independencia nine systems were damaged.
The Minister of the Armed Forces, Sigfrido Pared Perez, expected that today the 1,500 soldiers that were quartered in the South could return to normal service because of the normalization of the region.
At the same time in La Barquita, in East Santo Domingo, more than 350 families were still sleeping outside of their houses after the passage of Hurricane Sandy. Yesterday they called for the authorities to correct the distribution of the assistance that arrives at the more than 10 shelters where they are to be found, while many do not know what has happened to their belongings, since the waters have kept them from returning to their homes.
Professors rescued
The COE reported the rescue of 13 teachers that were cut off in a community of Padre de las Casas, in Azua, deep in the Central Mountains. The COE director, General Juan Mendez, said that the professors were found "safe and sound" while he stressed that "at no time were their lives in danger." He pointed out nonetheless that the community, the same as five others in El Roblito, is still isolated.
The Ministry of Education (Minerd) will renew classes today after they were suspended last Thursday. A report shows that 140 schools were affected by the flooding that caused walls and fences to collapse with losses of more than RD$500 million. The Ministry foresees that the classrooms where they cannot teach because of structural damages will be moved to other schools, so that they do not lose classes.
The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) reported yesterday that 4,983 houses were affected and 71 communities were cut off. Most of these were in Azua where 51 communities were reported to be cut off. Nevertheless, it was the municipality of East Santo Domingo which had the most persons in shelters, 720. Given this situation, the COE has maintained the alerts in 10 provinces and the National District. Under Yellow Alerts are Duarte, Monte Plate, Peravia, San Juan de la Maguana, Santo Domingo, Azua, San Jose de Ocoa, and the National District. Under a green alert are Sanchez Ramirez, San Cristobal and Barahona.
The Santo Domingo Water and Sewer Corporation (CAASD) announced yesterday that 90% of their aqueducts are fixed and working, including the intakes at Mana and Duey and a great part of the wells at Brujuelas, La Joya and La Isabela where were out of service. In the meantime about a quarter (88) of the aqueducts of the National Institute of Drinking Water (Inapa) were out of service.
In San Cristobal, Peravia, Monte Plata and San Jose de Ocoa, a total of 54 aqueducts were out of service, while in the provinces of Azua, San Juan and Elias Piña they reported 21 units out of service. In Barahona, Pedernales and Independencia nine systems were damaged.
The Minister of the Armed Forces, Sigfrido Pared Perez, expected that today the 1,500 soldiers that were quartered in the South could return to normal service because of the normalization of the region.
At the same time in La Barquita, in East Santo Domingo, more than 350 families were still sleeping outside of their houses after the passage of Hurricane Sandy. Yesterday they called for the authorities to correct the distribution of the assistance that arrives at the more than 10 shelters where they are to be found, while many do not know what has happened to their belongings, since the waters have kept them from returning to their homes.
Professors rescued
The COE reported the rescue of 13 teachers that were cut off in a community of Padre de las Casas, in Azua, deep in the Central Mountains. The COE director, General Juan Mendez, said that the professors were found "safe and sound" while he stressed that "at no time were their lives in danger." He pointed out nonetheless that the community, the same as five others in El Roblito, is still isolated.
The Ministry of Education (Minerd) will renew classes today after they were suspended last Thursday. A report shows that 140 schools were affected by the flooding that caused walls and fences to collapse with losses of more than RD$500 million. The Ministry foresees that the classrooms where they cannot teach because of structural damages will be moved to other schools, so that they do not lose classes.
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