The 2024 hurricane season made its entry with gray skies and torrential rains on Sunday, 2 June in the afternoon. More rains are forecast for the first week in June. The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from 1 June to 30 November.
The hurricane names for 2024 are Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debby, Ernesto, Francine, Gordon, Helene, Isaac, Joyce, Kirk, Leslie, Milton, Nadine, Oscar, Patty, Rafael, Sara, Tony, Valerie and William. If there are more than these 21 named storms, the additional hurricanes are named according to an alternate list of names provided by the World Meteorological Organization.
Many names, such as David (1979), Federico (1979), Hortense (1996), Georges (1998) and others that have impacted large parts of the Dominican Republic have been removed from the hurricane name list. As every year, the authorities are telling people to get bad storm preparations in place.
Just last week, the city governments of Greater Santo Domingo and the National District, got together to plan for this year’s season. The preventive actions put a special emphasis on improved refuse pickups and ways to reduce urban flooding.
Some of the creeks and waterways are being cleared of what is known as “the wall of plastic” that is produced during normal day activities, and that clogs sewers and drains when intense rains fall. The authorities are calling upon the residents to become more conscientious especially when disposing plastic waste.
Rains are forecast for most of the Dominican Republic through Tuesday, 4 June 2024. 15 provinces and the National District are under green alert.
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3 June 2024