Santo Domingo, DR Last night, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) increased the number of provinces on green alert to 13, for which the National Meteorological Office (ONAMET) also issued a weather alert for possible urban and rural flash floods, landslides, river, stream, and ravine floods. The provinces under alert are Monte Plata, Hato Mayor, San Pedro de Macorís, el Gran Santo Domingo, El Seibo, La Altagracia, La Romana, Monseñor Nouel, San Cristóbal, Peravia, Ocoa, Azua and La Vega. The meteorological reports indicate that a tropical wave persists, which interacts with an upper-atmospheric band of moisture. Both affect the weather conditions in the national territory, leaving behind precipitation accompanied by wind gusts, thunderstorms, and lightning. Onamet detailed that the precipitations will be more frequent in the zones under alert as it […]