{"id":215820,"date":"2024-05-08T07:56:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T11:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=215820"},"modified":"2024-05-08T08:48:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T12:48:59","slug":"massive-traffic-jams-in-santo-domingo-overflowing-rivers-in-the-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/05\/08\/massive-traffic-jams-in-santo-domingo-overflowing-rivers-in-the-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive traffic jams in Santo Domingo; overflowing rivers in the north"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lluvias-congestionan-transito-Diario-Libre-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-215858\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lluvias-congestionan-transito-Diario-Libre-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lluvias-congestionan-transito-Diario-Libre-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lluvias-congestionan-transito-Diario-Libre-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lluvias-congestionan-transito-Diario-Libre.png 1208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Intense rains falling in Santo Domingo on the evening of 7 May 2024 caused massive traffic jams, with people taking more than an hour and a half to get to destinations that could be reached in 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts rains will continue in most of the country, especially in the afternoons and evenings, while issuing red alerts for Puerto Plata, Montecristi, La Vega, Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris) and Santiago Rodr\u00edguez provinces. Yellow alerts are issued for the provinces of Valverde, Santiago, Espaillat, Monse\u00f1or Nouel, Juan S\u00e1nchez Ram\u00edrez, Mar\u00eda Trinidad S\u00e1nchez, Monte Plata, Saman\u00e1, San Pedro de Macor\u00eds, La Altagracia, Hato Mayor, El Seibo, San Crist\u00f3bal, San Jos\u00e9 de Ocoa, and Greater Santo Domingo (National District and province of Santo Domingo).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weather is expected to improve over the weekend, but a wet May is forecast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/onamet.gob.do\/index.php\/pronosticos\/informe-del-tiempo\">Onamet <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/elnacional.com.do\/el-coe-pone-5-provincias-en-alerta-roja-por-aguaceros\/\">El Nacional <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/ciudad\/2024\/05\/07\/se-producen-tapones-por-lluvias-en-santo-domingo\/2714481\">Diario Libre <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/elnuevodiario.com.do\/coe-incrementa-alerta-cinco-provincias-en-roja-seis-en-verde-y-15-mas-el-dn-en-amarilla\/\">El Nuevo Diario <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/more-rains-forecast-patches-of-sunny-weather-too\/\">DR1 News <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8 May 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intense rains falling in Santo Domingo on the evening of 7 May 2024 caused massive traffic jams, with people taking more than an hour and a half to get to destinations that could be reached in 15 minutes. The National Weather Office (Onamet) forecasts rains will continue in most of the country, especially in the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/05\/08\/massive-traffic-jams-in-santo-domingo-overflowing-rivers-in-the-north\/\" 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":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215820"}],"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=215820"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215893,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215820\/revisions\/215893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}