President Danilo Medina visited areas affected by flooding caused by heavy rainfall in the north over the last few days, including the towns of Imbert and Luperon in the province of Puerto Plata on Sunday, 11 November. The Emergency Operations Center (COE) said that more than 3,000 people have been displaced, more than 60 communities were cut off and several schools were affected along with some bridges. In the northeastern province of Maria Trinidad Sanchez (Nagua), the damage reported included schools at Kilometer 5 in the municipality of El Factor and in Acapulco in the town of Rio San Juan. According to the authorities some 25,000 tareas (about 1600 hectares) of the rice harvest were damaged.
Diario Libre and other newspapers reported that the President arrived in Imbert in the early afternoon with a small entourage including Presidential spokesman Robert Rodriguez Marchena and several local officials. During his tour of the neighborhood of La Yaguita, Medina spoke to several families affected by the rains and promised them substantial assistance.
As the President walked through the mud caused by the flooding, the national deputy director of Civil Defense, Francisco Arias, handed him a report on the damage caused by the rains in Puerto Plata. 1,500 houses were affected, including three houses that were completely destroyed. The worst damage occurred in La Yaguita where the waters of the Bajabonico and the Obispo rivers flooded dozens of houses, destroying possessions and causing other damage.