{"id":160935,"date":"2021-07-05T08:02:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T12:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=160935"},"modified":"2021-07-05T10:13:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T14:13:26","slug":"ts-elsa-two-deaths-and-lots-of-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/07\/05\/ts-elsa-two-deaths-and-lots-of-flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"TS Elsa: Two deaths and lots of flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nizao-entra-el-mar-Tormenta-Elsa-Altagracia-Salazar-Facebook.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nizao-entra-el-mar-Tormenta-Elsa-Altagracia-Salazar-Facebook.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nizao-entra-el-mar-Tormenta-Elsa-Altagracia-Salazar-Facebook-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nizao-entra-el-mar-Tormenta-Elsa-Altagracia-Salazar-Facebook-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Greater Santo Domingo was left waiting for torrential rains. They didn\u2019t happen. The storm passed at record speed of 50kph (31mph) and turned into a tropical storm as it moved to the west passing by the south of the DR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The director of the Center for Emergency Operations (COE), Juan Manuel M\u00e9ndez reported a 15-year old boy, Dariel Rubio, resident in Bahoruco, Barahona province, died when heavy rains and wind caused a wall to collapse. A 75-year old woman died also for the collapse of a wall in Cajuilitos, Ban\u00ed, as reported in Diario Libre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Torrential rains did fall in La Vega and other interior provinces. And the storm did bring flooding and damages to property. Greater Santo Domingo municipal authorities closed off the Av. Espa\u00f1a and Malec\u00f3n, the coastal boulevards, and the Las Americas Expressway, also along the Caribbean Sea. Fishermen reported major damages to their boats after high surf entered the Playita de Manresa in western Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/sucesos\/autoridades-reportan-dos-muertes-por-efectos-de-la-tormenta-tropical-elsa-GP27286808\">Diario Libre <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/panorama\/pais\/oleaje-causa-danos-en-la-playita\/\">El Caribe <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2021\/07\/04\/677771\/el-paso-de-elsa-por-el-territorio-dominicano\">Listin Diario <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2021\/07\/03\/677727\/ayuntamiento-de-santo-domingo-este-dispone-cierre-temporal-de-tramo-en-avenida-espana\">Listin Diario <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/autoridades-interrumpiran-transito-en-el-malecon-debido-a-fuerte-oleaje-BP27286241\">Diario Libre <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/hoy.com.do\/rehabilitan-la-autopista-30-de-mayo-tras-paso-de-elsa\/\">Hoy <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/panorama\/pais\/autopistas-30-de-mayo-y-avenida-espana-reabren-al-libre-transito\/\">El Caribe <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 July 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greater Santo Domingo was left waiting for torrential rains. They didn\u2019t happen. The storm passed at record speed of 50kph (31mph) and turned into a tropical storm as it moved to the west passing by the south of the DR. The director of the Center for Emergency Operations (COE), Juan Manuel M\u00e9ndez reported a 15-year &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/07\/05\/ts-elsa-two-deaths-and-lots-of-flooding\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160935"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160998,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160935\/revisions\/160998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}