Provinces on red alert will remain on recess
SANTO DOMINGO – Following the passage of Tropical Storm Melissa, the government called on the population Sunday afternoon to resume their daily routines. With the exception of the four provinces that remain under red alert (Barahona, Bahoruco, Independencia, and Pedernales), all public and private institutions should return to work and resume classes.
The announcement was made by the director of the Emergency Operations Center ( COE ), Juan Manuel Méndez, at a press conference at the National Palace headed by the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader.
"These provinces must continue with the restrictions imposed four days ago for provinces under red alert. That is, work and education must be suspended for the duration of this alert level," Méndez stated.
The director of the COE, Juan Manuel Méndez García, indicated that the Ministry of Education , the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Public Administration must issue the corresponding resolutions to formalize the return to normality in educational centers, public institutions and the private labor sector in the provinces.
Green alert
under green alert , authorities said.
Hurricane Melissa
The director of the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (INDOMET ), engineer Gloria Ceballos, explained that Hurricane Melisa reached category 4, with maximum sustained winds of 220 kilometers per hour, and was located 167 kilometers south of Kingston, Jamaica.
Ceballos indicated that the storm will move over Jamaica on Monday, then affect southeastern Cuba, and finally move into the open Atlantic. He explained that its slow movement was the cause of the prolonged rains that occurred across much of the country over the weekend.
