2024-07-05 07:48:25
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic and Haiti emerged almost unscathed from the passage of Hurricane Beryl, whose main effect on the island of Hispaniola, shared by both countries, was the strong waves that hit the Caribbean coast, where normality was restored on Wednesday except for some problems with the supply of electricity and water.
Nearly half a million people were left without water supplies due to the effects of the cyclone, according to a preliminary report on the damage in the country, where its effects were felt on Tuesday, although with less intensity than expected.
During the advance of Beryl in the southern Caribbean coast of the Dominican Republic, 57 aqueducts were affected, leaving 487,020 users without service, according to the report of the Emergency Operations Center (COE).
The same information indicates that in Barahona (south), one of the provinces most affected by the rains, 66 people had to abandon their homes, while in the municipality of Boca Chica, near the capital, several beach establishments suffered damage due to the strong waves.
Thousands of people are also without electricity as a result of the strong waves and winds caused by Beryl, which “have caused interruptions in the electricity service in various parts of the country,” reported in a joint statement the electricity distributors Edenorte, Edesur and Edeeste, which hope to resolve the problem by Wednesday.
Although the indirect effects of Beryl have been limited and it has already moved away from national territory, the COE has maintained 17 provinces on green alert due to possible flooding of rivers, streams and ravines, as well as flash floods, and navigation restrictions on the Caribbean coast remain in force.
In Haiti, the Civil Protection Directorate reported that the cyclone caused “very little damage” in the country, where several flooded streets were reported in the southeast, where several fishing boats were swept away by the waters, specifically in Cayes Jacmel and Marigot, while the two mobile telephone companies were out of service.
Although no rivers have overflowed and damage to homes and educational infrastructure is not significant, Haitian authorities have maintained the orange alert level for the southern departments of the country, as well as a ban on navigation, especially in the southern areas, until Friday.
In both cases, the damage has been of little significance compared to the destruction suffered in the islands of Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the most devastated by the phenomenon, and it is feared that it will also cause great devastation in Jamaica.
Beryl, a Category 4 storm, is expected to pass near or over Jamaica in the next few hours before reaching the Cayman Islands tonight or early Thursday morning and then entering the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC).
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season remains a fearsome system with maximum sustained winds of 225 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour), according to the latest bulletin from the NHC, based in Miami (Florida), which places it 70 kilometers (45 miles) south of Kingston (Jamaica) and 225 kilometers (140 miles) east southeast of Grand Cayman.
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2024-07-05 07:48:25