President Hipolito Mejia promised banana growers a RD$150-million line of credit at the Agriculture Bank (Bagricola) to restore the croplands destroyed by the flooding of the Yaque River. Torrential downpours in the northern section of the Dominican Republic produced flooding along all of the major rivers. The Yuna and the Yaque rivers were estimated to have carried more water than during hurricanes David and Frederick in 1979. While the Moncion Dam was not opened, the Tavera Dam was forced to unlock its floodgates, which contributed to the flooding.
The French and German embassies handed over 20,000 food rations to the National Emergency Commission for distribution to victims of the flooding in the Yuna, Yasica and Yaque rivers. Dozens of volunteers from Civil Defense, the Red Cross and the United Nations could be seen packing the rations at the Carrefour commercial center. Ten thousand packages of food that did not need cooking were distributed one day and another ten thousand the next. Groups such as the Harley Davison Club and a civil aviation organization collaborated in the effort.