Severe Flood ● Closed
Dominican Republic: Floods - Apr 2026
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Since 7 April 2026, a trough system has been affecting the Dominican Republic, generating intense rainfall and prolonged atmospheric instability across the national territory. As a result, the National Emergency Operations Centre (Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias - COE) issued alerts for 28 provinces (4 on red alert, 17 on yellow alert, and 7 on green alert) due to the risk of urban and flash flooding (COE, Situation Reports, latest update 16 April 2026). The situation reached a critical point on 12 April 2026, resulting in 10 reported fatalities. In response, the Government declared a State of Emergency through Decree No. 234-26 in the provinces of Santo Domingo, National District, Puerto Plata, Espaillat, Valverde and Santiago, enabling the scaling up of response efforts in the most affected areas (Government of the Dominican Republic, Decree No. 234- 26). ([IFRC, 16 Jun 2026](https://reliefweb.int/node/4216521))
Measurements
| Coordinates | 18.8500, -70.1100 |
|---|---|
| Region | Dominican Republic |
| Reliefweb Status | past |
| Reliefweb Type | Flood |
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Source updated 17 days ago (Oct 2, 2026 08:56 UTC) · we last heard from ReliefWeb (UN OCHA) 3 minutes ago
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What has changed
- Marked as ended by the source — Sep 17, 15:07 UTC by ReliefWeb (UN OCHA)
- Reopened by the source — Sep 17, 14:37 UTC by ReliefWeb (UN OCHA)
- Marked as ended by the source — Sep 17, 14:21 UTC by ReliefWeb (UN OCHA)
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Satellite view, before and after
The latest clear Sentinel-2 pass before this event and the earliest one after it.
14 Apr 2026, 10 days before this event. 7.4% cloud across the tile.
26 Apr 2026, 2 days after this event. 26.2% cloud across the tile.
The white ring marks where the event was reported.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026, found through the Earth Search catalogue (Element 84) and served from the AWS Open Data Sentinel-2 archive.
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