Overview

• At least 21 people have died in the Dominican Republic due to heavy rain and flooding, with thousands displaced and significant infrastructure damage.
• Nine deaths occurred when a highway tunnel wall collapsed due to the torrential rain in the capital, Santo Domingo.
• More than 13,000 people were evacuated to secure areas, over 2,500 people were rescued, and more than 2,600 homes were affected by the storm.
• President Luis Abinader has called it the 'largest rainfall event ever' in the country's history, and has suspended classes until Wednesday to evaluate potential school damage.
• The rainfall, resulting from a tropical depression, is expected to continue, with the majority of the nation's 32 provinces remaining under red and yellow weather alerts.