DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Media reports on the heavy rains that have been falling in the Dominican Republic continue to bring forth evidence that builders cannot cut corners. Cheap constructions create new vulnerabilities. Likewise, people need to know the price to be paid for moving into areas where previously there were rivers and streams.

Once again, the rains are headline news.

Greater Santo Domingo was for the most part exempt from the heavy rains over the weekend, with the exception of a downpour on Saturday evening.

As announced by Gloria Ceballos, director of the National Meteorological Institute (Indomet), the rains came on Friday and Saturday, and were intense in the central portion of the nation. The most serious damage was the washout of the San Jose de Ocoa road that halted traffic for more than a day. Rivers have flooded in La Vega and Constanza, causing personal and material...