Tropical Storm Franklin is unleashing heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic after making landfall in the country’s southern region.
Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit Los Angeles in 84 years, was full of surprises, battering some Southern California areas but sparing others.The United Nations’ World Food Program warned Wednesday that some 125,000 people in the Dominican Republic are living in areas that “are extremely vulnerable to landslides and flash floods because they live in poor, overcrowded settlements near rivers, creeks, and lagoons.
Hércules Urbáez, a 41-year-old father of six who lives in the coastal city of Barahona, where Franklin made landfall, said he and his family went to his mother’s house for safety.On Wednesday night, the storm was centered about 75 miles south-southeast of Grand Turk Island, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. It had maximum winds of 40 mph with stronger gusts and was moving northward at 13 mph.
Rivers swelled across the Dominican Republic, with one in Barahona lapping at shacks made of tin where one resident used plastic buckets to raise his mattress above his home’s dirt floor. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Harold weakened into a tropical depression Tuesday night after making landfall in South Texas, bringing strong winds and rain, leaving thousands of homes without power.
In the Caribbean, officials were most concerned about Franklin’s impact on Haiti, which is prone to catastrophic flooding“Haiti is among the most vulnerable countries in the world when it comes to the effects of extreme weather,” said Jean-Martin Bauer, the World Food Program’s director for Haiti. In June, a powerful thunderstorm that unleashed heavy rains left more than 40 people dead across the country.
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