| Event: | ST SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
| Number: | 2007-000224 |
| Country: | DOM Dominican Republic |
| Location: | Dominican Republic and Haiti |
| Date (YMD): | 2007-12-12 |
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| Information Source: | IFRC Tropical Storm Olga: Dominican Republic and Haiti Information bulletin n? 1 |
| Comments: | The Situation: In the Dominican Republic in the area of Barahona, streets were flooded due to the heavy precipitation and preventive evacuation activities have taken place especially in the low sector of Bajo Yuna, on the borders of the Yaque river. Approximately 24,595 people have been evacuated and 4,929 houses have been affected according to the Emergency Operational Committee (Comit? Operativo de Emergencia ? COE). There are 17 provinces on alert: Santiago, Puerto Plata, Espaillat, Hermanas Mirabal, Duarte, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Samana, Montecristi, Valverde, Sanchez Ramirez, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, La Altagracia, La Vega, Montelplata and Monsenor Nouel.
On 11 December, Olga was 400 km east of Port au Prince in Haiti, moving rapidly west at 24 km per hour with sustained gust winds of 75km per hour. This situation is seriously threatening Haiti with strong precipitations and as a consequence the Direction of Civil Protection issued an orange alert in the provinces of Nord, Nord Est, Nord Ouest and Artibonite. There are several Red Cross teams in country ready to provide assistance such as the American Red Cross and the Spanish Red Cross. |
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