RED ALERT for the imminent arrival of Isaac with hurricane winds
The rains are expected to begin tonight
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SANTO DOMINGO. With the threat that the Tropical Storm Isaac, which was located some 850 kilometers to the East/Southeast of Saona Island, represents for the country, the Center for Emergency Operations (COE) ordered a Red Alert from Saona Islant to Pedernales for hurricane conditions and from Saona Island around to Manzanillo Bay a Yellow Alert for tropical storm conditions.
A alert means that within 48 hours the threatened areas can feel one or two effects associated with a tropical cyclone.
The provinces within the Red Alert areas are: La Altagracia, La Romana, San Pedro de Macorís, Greater Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo and the Nacional District), San Cristóbal, San José de Ocoa, Peravia, Azua, Pedernales, Barahona, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, Monte Plata, San Juan de la Maguana, Independencia, Bahoruco and Elías Piña.
At the same time the Yellow Alert affects the provinces of Samaná, María Trinidad Sánchez, Duarte, Sánchez Ramírez, Monseñor Nouel, La Vega, Santiago, Hermanas Mirabal, Espaillat, Puerto Plata, Valverde, Santiago Rodríguez, Dajabón and Montecristi.
As of yesterday, the forecasts were that Isaac would become a category 1 hurricane as it entered the waters of the Caribbean and that its first effects would be felt in the country by tonight and until Saturday.
According to the path that it presents, it could impact the Southwest of the country. Given this possibility, the authorities recommend that the population, mainly in this area, should be very attentive to the guidance and measures that are taken as well as have at hand the contact numbers of the different assistance agencies.
The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) says that rains from Isaac could go from 50 millimeters to 200 millimeters. This means that apart from whether it becomes a hurricane or not, it will deposit a lot of rain. The sustained winds are of 75 kilometers per hour according to the report last night from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.
At the present time the 22 institutions that make up the COE are getting ready, including the Armed Forces, which already have "Plan Lightning" working. This includes the activation of nearly all of the joint commands and the brigades with the goal of giving support to the rescue and assistance agencies.
Anticipatory measures
As part of the precautionary measures, the COE has closed down all of the beaches on all of the coasts, all aquatic sports, all recreational activities along coastal and mountain areas, and prohibited the sailing of small and medium craft from the ports.
The dispositions are to avoid possible tragedies, since the conditions of the sea are beginning to deteriorate.
Dams will continue in operation
The institutions that make up the National Observatory for Water decided yesterday to keep the dams in continual operation throughout the country, and they declared themselves to be in permanent session for the passage of Isaac.
The director of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (Indrhi), Olgo Fernandez, said that the agency would continuously be monitoring the situation so that it can adopt the necessary measures regarding the nation's dams and reservoirs.
In August
The months of August, September and October have been the ones with the most hurricanes in the country. Onamet, on its webpage, says that in the last 139 years, the country has been affected (directly or indirectly) by 19 hurricanes in the month of August, of which 8 were hurricanes and 11 were tropical storms.
The cyclone which caused the most damage in the month of August was Hurricane David which hit the country of 31 August, 1979.
A alert means that within 48 hours the threatened areas can feel one or two effects associated with a tropical cyclone.
The provinces within the Red Alert areas are: La Altagracia, La Romana, San Pedro de Macorís, Greater Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo and the Nacional District), San Cristóbal, San José de Ocoa, Peravia, Azua, Pedernales, Barahona, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, Monte Plata, San Juan de la Maguana, Independencia, Bahoruco and Elías Piña.
At the same time the Yellow Alert affects the provinces of Samaná, María Trinidad Sánchez, Duarte, Sánchez Ramírez, Monseñor Nouel, La Vega, Santiago, Hermanas Mirabal, Espaillat, Puerto Plata, Valverde, Santiago Rodríguez, Dajabón and Montecristi.
As of yesterday, the forecasts were that Isaac would become a category 1 hurricane as it entered the waters of the Caribbean and that its first effects would be felt in the country by tonight and until Saturday.
According to the path that it presents, it could impact the Southwest of the country. Given this possibility, the authorities recommend that the population, mainly in this area, should be very attentive to the guidance and measures that are taken as well as have at hand the contact numbers of the different assistance agencies.
The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) says that rains from Isaac could go from 50 millimeters to 200 millimeters. This means that apart from whether it becomes a hurricane or not, it will deposit a lot of rain. The sustained winds are of 75 kilometers per hour according to the report last night from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.
At the present time the 22 institutions that make up the COE are getting ready, including the Armed Forces, which already have "Plan Lightning" working. This includes the activation of nearly all of the joint commands and the brigades with the goal of giving support to the rescue and assistance agencies.
Anticipatory measures
As part of the precautionary measures, the COE has closed down all of the beaches on all of the coasts, all aquatic sports, all recreational activities along coastal and mountain areas, and prohibited the sailing of small and medium craft from the ports.
The dispositions are to avoid possible tragedies, since the conditions of the sea are beginning to deteriorate.
Dams will continue in operation
The institutions that make up the National Observatory for Water decided yesterday to keep the dams in continual operation throughout the country, and they declared themselves to be in permanent session for the passage of Isaac.
The director of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (Indrhi), Olgo Fernandez, said that the agency would continuously be monitoring the situation so that it can adopt the necessary measures regarding the nation's dams and reservoirs.
In August
The months of August, September and October have been the ones with the most hurricanes in the country. Onamet, on its webpage, says that in the last 139 years, the country has been affected (directly or indirectly) by 19 hurricanes in the month of August, of which 8 were hurricanes and 11 were tropical storms.
The cyclone which caused the most damage in the month of August was Hurricane David which hit the country of 31 August, 1979.
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