Santo Domingo.- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) is maintaining the yellow alert for the provinces of Monseñor Nouel, La Vega, María Trinidad Sánchez, Espaillat and Sánchez Ramírez.

Green alerts are also in place for Duarte (especially the Bajo Yuna area), Santiago, Hermanas Mirabal, Monte Plata, San Pedro de Macorís, Santo Domingo and the National District.

The COE is advising people living on steep slopes that are prone to landslides, areas with poor drainage that are prone to flooding and residents of areas near rivers, streams and gullies to take the usual precautions.

The bulletin also informs that a low-pressure system situated over the north east of the Bahamas remains unstable but that the risk of it becoming a tropical storm or cyclone over the next 48 hours is very low. It said that it posed no risk for the Dominican Republic.

Local conditions will see a continuation of scattered showers, thunderstorms and possible wind gusts across most of the country, as a result of a weather system that is affecting the country, especially in the south western and border areas.

This weather is expected to last for the rest of the week, and rains will tend to be more frequent in the afternoons and evenings, according to the Meteorological Office (ONAMET).