Sweltering heat to continue over the next three days

Santo Domingo.- The sweltering heat will continue over the next three days in the Dominican Republic especially the northwest, north and southeast regions and border area, the National Weather Office (Onamet) forecast Friday.

He said temperature will soar ??above 35 deg. C in many parts of the country and “may reach up to 38 degrees in the Dajabon, Santiago Rodriguez, Valverde, Montecristi, Puerto Plata and Elias Piña provinces.”

As to rain this weekend Onamet called the lower atmosphere’s conditions unfavorable, except for some widely scattered showers with afternoon thunderstorms over the northwest.