President Hipolito Mejia will pay a visit to some of the areas most affected by last week’s flooding in the northeastern part of the country, adjacent to the frontier with Haiti and known as the ‘Linea Noroeste’. The President will be shown some of the damage and the emergency response work being carried out by the authorities in the region. Last week the President visited the provinces of Santiago, San Francisco de Macoris and Puerto Plata, and was due to continue westwards to the Montecristi area, but this leg of the visit had to be cut short because of continuing heavy rainfall. Today’s tour will take in Villa Vasquez and Dajabon, where about 12,000 people have been affected by the rising waters and where certain areas remain under water. The Red Cross will be distributing emergency rations donated by the French and German governments via their embassies in Santo Domingo. The Listin Diario reports that the Dominican community in the United States has been collecting emergency supplies such as mosquito nets, drinking water, folding beds, sheets, clothing, shoes, rice, canned food, powdered milk and first-aid supplies. Collection points have been set up in various parts of New York City, in the areas with large concentrations of Dominican immigrants.