Tropical Storm Franklin roars toward the island of Hispaniola, shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti, bringing fears of landslides and flooding.
Disasters like the Lahaina fire are becoming increasingly likely as warmer temperatures, development, and land management policies create conditions ripe for fire.She hoped that Franklin wouldn’t force her to seek shelter and temporarily abandon her home because she said thieves would steal belongings left behind.
Others, like businesswoman Albita Achangel, worried they had nowhere to go if the waters started rising.The storm worried thousands of Dominicans who live in flood-prone areas. “When two drops of water fall here, this suddenly becomes flooded,” said Juan Olivo Urbáez, who owns a small business in a community near the Ozama River.
A tropical storm warning was in effect for the entire southern coast of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, as well as the entire northern Dominican coast. The government of the Bahamas also issued a tropical storm warning for the Turks and Caicos Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami., which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. An eighth named storm, Gert, dissipated Tuesday.
On Aug. 10, the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration updated its forecast and warned that this year’s hurricane season would be above normal. Between 14 to 21 named storms are forecast. Of those, six to 11 could become hurricanes, with two to five of them possibly becoming major hurricanes.
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