DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader called work and school off and ordered most Dominicans in the capital city and provinces under red alert to stay at home on Thursday, 23 October 2025 following recommendations from the Center for Emergency Operations (Coe) and the Weather Institute (Indomet). He authorized that only gas stations, supermarkets and essential services remain open to 10pm in Greater Santo Domingo and the seven provinces.

The main concern is that the outerbands of Tropical Storm Melissa will continue to bring consistent rains that may cause urban flooding. The storm is practically stationary, moving at 2-4 km per hour and is more than 400 km to the south of the southwesternmost point of the Dominican Republic on the channel between Haiti and Jamaica.

Essential services allowed to remain open in red alert areas are supermarkets, clinics, corner grocery stores, gas...