DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

After a high-level monitoring meeting chaired by President Luis Abinader on Tuesday, 21 October 2025, the Abinader government accepted recommendations of the Center for Emergency Operations (COE) and the Weather Institute (Indomet) and ordered the suspension of classes on Wednesday and Thursday (22-23 October) in provinces under Red Alert due to the impending threat of Tropical Storm Melissa. These are those on the Caribbean Sea coasts.

The Presidency is preferring to err in the name of prevention as it continues to monitor the storm. On Wednesday, corrections may be taken regarding whether activities are resumed on Thursday.

Indomet is warning of the slow-moving storm pace and that if this continues, the country could be under its impact through Friday and Saturday. Weatherman John Morales says that if this happens, the forecast for 250mm of rain could...