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The Dominican Republic's internal water resources per capita is 2,430 cubic meters, which is below the average for Central American and the Caribbean region, 6,645. Current water demand of 10 billion m 3 represents 44 percent of total available freshwater resources. According to the World Bank only Barbados, the DR, Mexico, and Peru exceed 10 ...
The Dominican Republic (Spanish: República Dominicana) is a country in the West Indies that occupies the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola. It has an area of 48,670 km 2, including offshore islands. The land border shared with Haiti, which occupies the western three-eighths of the island, [1][2] is 376 km long. [3]
In the Dominican Republic, the highest rainfall amount reported was 21.65 inches (550 mm) at Padre Las Casas. [58] People in the path of the flooding escaped to roof and tree tops; [45] more than 50,000 people left their homes. Additionally, about 1,000 prisoners were evacuated due to flooding.
In the Dominican Republic, they recorded a peak of 39.43 (1,0002 mm) inches of rainfall at Polo Barahona, greatly damaging roads and bridges, mostly from flooding that was considered the most extensive on record. An estimated 3,800 square miles (10,000 kilometers) of the western Dominican Republic was flooded.
Infrared satellite loop of Maria passing east of the Dominican Republic on September 21, after leaving Puerto Rico. Torrential rains and strong winds impacted the Dominican Republic as Maria tracked northeast of the country. Assessments on September 22 indicated that 110 homes were destroyed, 570 were damaged, and 3,723 were affected by flooding.
Torrential rainfall unloaded by Hurricane Fiona continued Monday across Puerto Rico as well as the Dominican Republic, where the storm made a second landfall very early in the day, leading to ...
In the Dominican Republic, heavy rainfall caused river flooding and mudslides, resulting in damage to several houses. The highest rainfall report noted was 7.01 inches (178 mm) at Barahona. [1] The rainfall also downed trees, and caused flooding to enter over 400 houses near Santo Domingo, [33] which forced the evacuation of over 1,600 people. [34]
The Hispaniolan moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion on the island of Hispaniola. They cover 46,000 km 2 (18,000 sq mi), around 60% of the island's area. [1] Hispaniolan moist forests. Hills north of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.