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DR Officials say 30 Dead after TD 22 Drenched Santo Domingo
Rashaed Esson
Staff Writer
#DominicanRepublic, November 24, 2023 – At least 21 were left dead in Santo Domingo of the Dominican
Among the 30 lives lost, nine were due to the collapse of the walls of a highway tunnel, onto their cars from the rain, reports say.
The Emergency Operations Center (COE) on Sunday, informed that many were displaced as more than 13,000 people had to relocate to safer areas. Also, over 2,500 were rescued by protection agencies as well as over 2,600 homes affected by the storm.
Some communities, a total of forty-five, were without communication and the rains left behind infrastructural damage such as bridges and parts of roads.
Videos on social media show the severity of the flooding as water gushed down streets.
According to reports the additional deaths include
Domingo de la Rosa Ramírez, 31, who was dragged through the waters of the Yaguate River, in San Cristóbal; Rafael Fernández Reyes, 19, and was also swept away by the waters of the La Cueva River, in Guayabal, in the province of Azua. Also, an unidentified man was included in the list, between the ages of 25 and 35 years, presumed to have been dragged by the current of the Haina River, near the mouth, in San Cristóbal.
The other victims are, Eduardo Cabrera Castillo, of Dominican nationality; Solange María Méndez, of Dominican nationality; Omar Alejandro Méndez, Dominican; Boniel Dovelie, of Haitian nationality; Awilda Vásquez Burgos, American national; María Nereida Martínez Vásquez, of American nationality; Michael Orozco, of American nationality and Ramón Antonio Martínez, American national.
There has been an outpouring of empathy for the people of the Dominican Republic with the passage of Tropical Depression 22, which drenched much of the region November 16-20,2023.
