We have not yet overcome the fort rain storm on Wednesday, and now another similar batch is forecast that could further aggravate the calamities.
Many sectors of the capital and of others cities They still haven’t recovered from the damage caused by the rains after Easter.
He floor of the country remains very humid and fragile, and some services remain precarious.
This outlook could worsen with the new trough that will affect this weekend and in the following days.
Faced with such a perspective, no one can let their guard down or underestimate any alert related to dangers of flooding, falling trees or landslides.
Although there are many people already unsheltered due to the damage of the recent rains, a priority for the government must be to find safe and temporary shelter for them.
There is no time frame to restore physical damage to homes or to enable insufficient storm drainage systems.
Nor to collect garbage or waste.
The accumulation of waste – due to lack of collection and final disposal, added to the poor education of the population who throw garbage anywhere – clogs the few existing drains.
We have also seen a large accumulation of garbage in the ravines damming water, a factor that further complicates things.
This panorama is what creates the conditions so that, every time rains of more than 100 millimeters fall, Greater Santo Domingo is almost completely flooded.
It is urgent, then, that the government assume an emergency plan now and take control of the protection of vulnerable areas, as is done when cyclones hit us.
