Same poster as above, but on Tuesday evening:
Reports are coming in of at least 20 dead in the floods. Here is an earlier report from the online newspaper Dominican Today.
Tropical Storm Noel batters Dominican Republic: at least eight reported dead
Santo Domingo.- At least eight people reported dead, uncalculated damage to farming and many areas without power is the tragic result of Tropical Storm Noel, which has been affecting most of the Dominican Republic since Sunday.
A Naval corporal and his brother were killed in the Santo Domingo neighborhood of La Cienega, when water levels rose in a gully, according to Emergency Operations Center (COE) head, retired General Luis A. Luna Paulino, who also reported the death by drowning of a woman in the central province of Bonao.
In Haina, San Cristóbal province (west of the capital) three people were killed in a landslide, according to the provincial governor. Meanwhile, in the south western province of San José de Ocoa three further deaths have been reported as a result of the heavy rains, said the COE.
The COE warned that the worst was not over. The rescue corps will continue to evacuate people who live in high-risk areas because a rise in water levels is expected in the next few hours.
Also in San Cristóbal, the rains also caused the collapse of an old bridge over the river Yubaso, leaving thousands of people cut off in the neighborhoods of Madre Vieja Sur, Los Javillones and 5 de Abril, Nuevo. It was also reported that the city?s Moscu neighborhood was flooded.
On the Duarte highway near Villa Altagracia trees were blocking transit, while in Barahona a CODETEL telecommunications aerial was brought down, leaving the area without telephone services, according to local journalists.
The heavy rains and winds have continued to batter the country all day.
The National Meteorological Office warned that the flood alert for residents of low-lying area and near rivers, streams and gullies, remained in effect. The provinces of Azua, San Cristóbal, Peravia, Independencia, Barahona, Pedernales, Espaillat, Salcedo, Duarte, Maria Trinidad Sánchez, Dajabón, Montecristi, Santiago Rodríguez, La Vega, Monte Plata, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, Monseñor Nouel, Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo and the National District are on red alert. The Lower Yuna area is particularly vulnerable, said the forecasters. All boats were instructed to remain in port