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Horrible storm! Tropical storm Fred hits the Dominican Republic

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Tropical Storm Fred weakened into a tropical depression on Wednesday as it passed over the Dominican Republic, where it dumped downpours that meteorologists said could cause dangerous flooding and landslides there and also in Haiti.
Around 300,000 customers were without power in the Dominican Republic and more than half a million were affected by the flooding of rivers that forced the closure of part of the aqueduct system, government officials reported.
After a quiet month in the weather, Fred became the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season on Tuesday after passing over the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, on a trajectory that, according to forecasts, the take to Florida for the weekend.
Government teams with megaphones toured impoverished neighborhoods in the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo before the storm hit to call on residents to vacate low-lying areas. Hours later, the government reported a flood in court.
As of early Thursday, Fred's vortex was 1055 kilometers (65 miles) south-southwest of Great Inagua Island, Bahamas, and was moving west-northwest at 26 km / h (16 mph), according to the Center. National Hurricane of the United States. It had maximum sustained winds of 55 km / h (35 mph).
Around 300,000 customers were without power in the Dominican Republic and more than half a million were affected by the flooding of rivers that forced the closure of part of the aqueduct system, government officials reported.
After a quiet month in the weather, Fred became the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season on Tuesday after passing over the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, on a trajectory that, according to forecasts, the take to Florida for the weekend.
Government teams with megaphones toured impoverished neighborhoods in the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo before the storm hit to call on residents to vacate low-lying areas. Hours later, the government reported a flood in court.
As of early Thursday, Fred's vortex was 1055 kilometers (65 miles) south-southwest of Great Inagua Island, Bahamas, and was moving west-northwest at 26 km / h (16 mph), according to the Center. National Hurricane of the United States. It had maximum sustained winds of 55 km / h (35 mph).
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