Gloria Ceballos, director of the National Weather Office (Onamet) says the rains will continue throughout May. The concerns are that April was also a month of prolonged rains and this means the soils are saturated bringing concerns for mudslides and floods. Indeed, the authorities ordered the reducing of the level of the waters of the Tavera Dam as a preventive measure. The intense rains have increased the level of the hydroelectric dams in the country.
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