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Climate Prediction Center’s Hispaniola Hazards Outlook For USAID / FEWS-NET
July 4 – July 10, 2013
Heavy rain observed across the central portions of Hispaniola during the past week.
During the past week, a favorable distribution of rainfall was observed over Hispaniola relative to that of the previous week. However, the bulk of the rainfall, with downpours exceeding 100 mm was recorded over the central parts of the Island, including central Haiti, central, and southern Dominican Republic. Light to moderate rain was recorded elsewhere. This past week’s heavy rain has resulted in fatalities, and damaged crops in Mirebalais of the Centre department of Haiti and flooding and displaced people over the Santo Domingo region of the Dominican Republic. Since the beginning of the season, rainfall deficits have persisted over the southern Peninsula and westernmost Nord Ouest department of Haiti and neighboring southwestern Dominican Republic. Accumulated rainfall has accounted for only between 25 and 50 percent of the average over many local areas. For next week, heavy rain is forecast in southeastern and central Haiti, central, southeastern, and northeastern Dominican Republic as tropical waves and atmospheric instabilities are expected to move across the Island. Light to locally moderate rain is, however, forecast elsewhere.
