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Trough puts 18 provinces on alert and knocks out 28 aqueducts

The COE raised to 18 the provinces under alert over a trough, with 412 people affected, 105 homes flooded, 28 aqueducts out of service and 30 communities cut…

--- The context --- A trough continues to affect several regions of the Dominican Republic, bringing flooding and extensive damage to basic infrastructure. On Tuesday, the Emergency Operations Center raised to 18 the number of provinces under weather alert levels, according to its situation report number three, presented that morning by the agency. --- The facts --- The official balance counts 412 people affected, 105 homes flooded and 28 aqueducts out of service because of turbidity and swollen rivers. The report also records 30 communities left cut off by overflowing tributaries, six citizens moved to safe areas and two roads damaged. Twelve areas remain under a yellow alert: Pedernales, Bahoruco, Independencia, Barahona, Azua, San José de Ocoa, San Juan, Monte Plata, Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo, San Cristóbal and Peravia. Under a green alert are La Vega, San Pedro de Macorís, Monseñor Nouel, Sánchez Ramírez, Dajabón and Elías Piña, amid forecasts of heavy downpours and electrical storms. --- The positions --- Civil protection agencies reminded the public that bathing resorts and pools are prohibited in the provinces under alert and urged people to avoid reckless crossings of swollen rivers and fords. In Monte Plata, the swollen Ozama River collapsed the ford bridge structure at Don Juan and cut direct transit with Yamasá. --- What remains unknown --- The report does not say when the 28 aqueducts out of service will return to operation or when transit will be restored to the 30 communities cut off. It also gives no timetable for repairing the collapsed bridge at Don Juan or the two damaged roads. --- Unanswered questions --- When will water service return to the communities served by the 28 aqueducts out of service? What immediate support will the 412 people affected and the families in the 105 flooded homes receive? How long will it take to restore passage between Don Juan and Yamasá after the bridge collapse? Will the alerts remain or expand if the heavy downpours continue? --- EPM analysis --- The social dimension of the episode lies in the isolation figures: communities in Guayabal were cut off by the swollen Las Cuevas River, among them Arroyo Corozo, Las Guamas and Las Avispas,. Without aqueduct water and without road access, recovery depends on the speed of the official response. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the immediate priority must be the people who are isolated and without water service, because 30 communities cut off and 28 aqueducts out of service turn a weather alert into a daily problem of access, health and supply. The official balance orders the emergency with clear figures, but the response will be measured by the speed of restoring water, reopening closed routes and assisting the 412 people affected without leaving behind the rural communities named in the report.
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