{"id":235227,"date":"2025-05-06T08:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T12:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=235227"},"modified":"2025-05-06T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:37:19","slug":"heavy-rains-cause-flooding-especially-in-the-north-rains-forecast-to-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/05\/06\/heavy-rains-cause-flooding-especially-in-the-north-rains-forecast-to-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rains cause flooding especially in the north, rains forecast to continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inundaciones-LluviasRD-Instagram-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-235310\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inundaciones-LluviasRD-Instagram-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inundaciones-LluviasRD-Instagram-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inundaciones-LluviasRD-Instagram-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inundaciones-LluviasRD-Instagram-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inundaciones-LluviasRD-Instagram.png 1694w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Source: LluviasRD, Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A trough over the past long weekend caused flooding last week, especially in northern provinces and the Central Mountain Range. Residents and farmers in the area around the city of Constanza, and nearby farmlands in Tireo, reported damages from flooding. The road leading to the Aguas Blancas waterfall in Constanza was damaged by debris from the gushing waterfall and river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traffic along the Duarte Highway was impacted by the intense rains. In Moca, a man was reported dead when dragged by a flooded gully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Puerto Plata, there was a crack in the road in the area of Altamira, also the result of flooding waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Weather Institute (Indomet) forecasts more rain for this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/indomet.gob.do\/pronostico\/informe-del-tiempo\">Indomet <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/nacional\/2025\/05\/05\/las-lluvias-afectan-casas-caminos-y-acueductos\/3100334\">Diario Libre <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/7dias.com.do\/2025\/05\/03\/fuertes-lluvias-provocan-estragos-en-varias-provincias-del-cibao-este-sabado\/\">7 Dias <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/panorama\/region-norte\/aguaceros-causan-estragos-en-el-norte\/\">El Caribe <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.com.do\/nacionales\/lluvias-provocan-derrumbes-e-inundaciones-la-vega-y-constanza\/\">CDN <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/hoy.com.do\/indomet-dice-las-lluvias-continuan\/\">Hoy <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6 May 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trough over the past long weekend caused flooding last week, especially in northern provinces and the Central Mountain Range. Residents and farmers in the area around the city of Constanza, and nearby farmlands in Tireo, reported damages from flooding. The road leading to the Aguas Blancas waterfall in Constanza was damaged by debris from &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/05\/06\/heavy-rains-cause-flooding-especially-in-the-north-rains-forecast-to-continue\/\" 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":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235227"}],"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=235227"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235311,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235227\/revisions\/235311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}