- Title: Dominican Republic on alert as tropical storm Dorian churns closer
- Date: 28th August 2019
- Summary: SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (AUGUST 27, 2019) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF NEWS CONFERENCE ON TROPICAL STORM DORIAN OFFICIALS AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE, JUAN MANUEL SANTOS, SAYING: "A yellow alert has been raised in six provinces: San Pedro de Macoris, La Romana, Hato Mayo La Altagracia, Seibo and Samana." OFFICIAL AT NEWS CONFERENCE LOGO FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE
- Embargoed: 11th September 2019 03:29
- Keywords: Dorian tropical storm Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
- Location: SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- City: SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- Country: Dominica
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
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- Story Text: The Dominican Republic has raised alert levels on Tuesday (August 27) as tropical storm Dorian churned west-northwest, with officials cautioning that it could approach hurricane-strength on Wednesday (August 28) after blowing over Barbados.
The storm's centre is expected to pass near or south of Puerto Rico on Wednesday, move near or over eastern Hispaniola Wednesday night and move north of Hispaniola on Thursday.
Barbados was hit by strong winds and intermittent showers, with periodic jolts of thunder and lightning, on Monday (August 26) evening.
The Dominican Republic has evacuated residents living in vulnerable areas of the country.
By late Tuesday morning, the storm was located about 60 miles (95 km) west-northwest of St. Lucia, blowing maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour, according to the NHC.
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