DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The storm that came to stay has caused flooding and lots of economic losses from lock down. Tropical Storm Melissa was born well to the south of the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the DR) but has overstayed its welcome in the Caribbean. The storm has kept the slowest pace of storms in the decades, moving 2km to 6km per hour at times and just lingering in the Caribbean.

Since the effects began to be felt in the Dominican Republic on Monday, 20 October 2025 in the afternoon, it seemingly tiptoed as it made its way north, a bit to the east, and then to the west, always spreading out its bands and impact.

Indeed, what began last week as an interesting low pressure area out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean has become Hurricane Melissa, a major hurricane now over Jamaica by the time this article is read. It missed a direct hit to the Dominican Republic by several hundred...