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Climate Prediction Center’s Hispaniola Hazards Outlook For USAID / FEWS-NET
August 11 – August 17, 2011
Impacts from Tropical Storm Emily were lessened as the storm weakened over the higher terrain of Hispaniola.
The impacts from the landfall of Tropical Storm Emily during the previous week were lessened as the storm weakened while traversing the higher terrain along the Haitian/Dominican Republic border. However, heavy rainfall (> 50 mm) was still observed across southern portions of the Dominican Republic and southeastern Haiti. The area most impacted by Emily was largely in the Dominican Republic as localized regions received torrential rainfall (> 100 mm) which caused damages to infrastructure and flooding.
In Haiti, flooding was minimal as the heaviest rains fell off shore or in the Dominican Republic. Instead, moderate rainfall totals (10- 30 mm) were observed across Haiti with lighter totals to the north. Thirty-day rainfall anomalies are above-average across central and southern Haiti while anomalies continue to be negative across northwestern Haiti. Dryness is still a concern across northwest Haiti as most crops sown in July have been negatively affected and are considered as lost. For the next week, rain is expected to be light to moderate (5-30 mm) across much of Haiti with localized heavy rainfall (> 50 mm) across central Dominican Republic.
