DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader announced on Sunday, 26 October 2025, a progressive return to normal working and schooling activities on Monday, 27 October following a week of light and heavy rains brought by the excruciatingly slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa. After swerving to the west on to Jamaica, Melissa is now Hurricane Melissa, a Category 4 storm but only four provinces in southwestern Dominican Republic are forecast to continue to receive the rains.

President Luis Abinader has highlighted that the Dominican Republic had never experienced a Tropical Storm of this nature. The system began bringing rains on Monday, 20 October and these have continued for about a week given Melissa’s large stretch of the outer bands and the abnormally slow speeds of 2 to 6km.

President Luis Abinader warned that Tropical Storm Melissa proved to be one of the most...