Dominican Republic officials reported: increased to 27 deceased due to heavy rains While this situation affected the country over the weekend, evacuated residents were able to return to their homes in the last few hours.
The Emergency Operations Center (COE) reported that five days after the storm, 95% of people (35,207) They moved to their relatives’ houses According to the news of the Dominican newspaper ‘Diario Libre’, 1,853 people who returned home still could not return. Moreover, while only four of the nine shelters provided by Civil Defense (158 people in total) are still occupied, more than 800 have decided to leave these infrastructures and return to their homes.
Almost 7,500 houses were damagedOf these, 14 were partially damaged and 22 were destroyed. Therefore, the Ministry of Housing and Development announced a technical evaluation to offer solutions to families. While electricity companies have announced that they will be fully operational, water supply has not yet reached everyone, despite the functioning of sewer services.