Official number of deaths due to intense rains in the Dominican Republic increases to 24
epa10986544 Military personnel keep the passage blocked on the Northeast Highway, which connects Santo Domingo with Samana, in Pueblo Nuevo, Dominican Republic, 20 November 2023. The Dominican authorities raised the official number of deaths to 24 as a result of the torrential rains that affected the country over the weekend and that have also left thousands of people displaced, damage to homes and infrastructure, as well as power and water outages. EPA/Orlando Barria
