The director of Onamet, Gloria Ceballos, said that rainfall accumulations of between 100 and 200 millimeters could occur, and up to 375 millimeters in isolated areas.
SANTO DOMINGO.– As part of the preventative measures in response to Tropical Storm Franklin, which is already causing rain in the Dominican capital, the Government decreed that from noon today, Tuesday, and tomorrow, Wednesday, there will be no work in state offices and companies in the Dominican Republic.
The provision is contained in decree 380-23, issued last night, Monday. “Starting tomorrow (today) at 12:00 noon, and continuing throughout Wednesday, August 23, these days will be declared non-working days for the country by national decree,” he said.
De Camps made this announcement on Monday after the conclusion of President Luis Abinader's meeting with emergency agencies and several officials at the National Palace.
The minister also urged employers to comply with the preventive measures established by the Emergency Operations Center (COE).
The atmospheric phenomenon is expected to cross the national territory between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, keeping the entire national territory under red and yellow alerts.
The director of the COE, Juan Manuel Méndez, indicated that teams were positioned in places where flooding traditionally occurs and that contingency plans were activated by first response institutions and organizations, such as the Armed Forces' Lightning Plan, as well as the National Police, the Fire Department, Civil Defense, the Red Cross, Economic Dining Halls and the Social Plan of the Presidency.
These last two institutions were also instructed to provide assistance to the population that may be affected by the passage of Tropical Storm Franklin.
Meanwhile, the director of Onamet, Gloria Ceballos, stated that rainfall accumulations of between 100 and 200 millimeters could occur, and up to 375 millimeters in isolated areas.
So far, the storm is located about 400 kilometers south-southwest of Santo Domingo and is moving slowly at 7km/h with winds of up to 85km/h.
Public works
The Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) reported that since Monday it has deployed more than three thousand of its employees to mitigate the effects that Tropical Storm Franklin could cause in the country. These employees will work in brigades spread throughout the areas that relief agencies have identified as being of greatest danger.
Parks and squares closed
The Mayor's Office of the National District announced that the city's parks and plazas will remain closed starting today, Tuesday, at noon due to the passage of Tropical Storm Franklin.
"With the exception of the parks and plazas on the Malecón coastline of Santo Domingo, which have been closed as of today," reads the notice posted on their Instagram account.
Provinces under red and yellow alert
The provinces under red alert are: Santo Domingo, National District, San Cristóbal, Peravia, Barahona, San Juan, Independencia, San Pedro de Macorís, La Romana, San José de Ocoa, Azua, Pedernales, Bahoruco and Elías Piña.
The following provinces are under yellow alert: Puerto Plata, Duarte, Hato Mayor, El Seibo, María Trinidad Sánchez, Monte Plata, La Altagracia, La Vega, Santiago Rodríguez, Dajabón, Montecristi, Hermanas Mirabal, Espaillat, Samaná, Monseñor Nouel, Santiago, Sánchez Ramírez, and Valverde.
