Authorities in the Dominican Republic are fanning out across the Caribbean country to evaluate the damage that Tropical Storm Franklin inflicted on crops and homes after causing heavy flooding that killed at least two people and left one missing. More than 670 homes were affected by the storm and 24 communities were cut off by heavy rains. The government on Thursday began a more detailed inspection of damage. As of Thursday morning, Franklin was east-northeast of Grand Turk Island. It is expected to strengthen into a hurricane in the next few days but poses no threat to land.
Authorities in the Dominican Republic fanned out across the Caribbean country on Thursday to evaluate the damage Tropical Storm Franklin inflicted on crops and homes after causing heavy flooding that killed at least two people and left one missing. Among them was Domingo Ogando Figuereo, who took shelter in a communal center in the city of San Cristobal with his wife and three children. The request was echoed by Santa Rosario Rodríguez, a homemaker who went to a shelter with her two daughters when the Nigua River by her house started to swell.
Rest of World News: Tropical storm Franklin caused heavy flooding in the Dominican Republic, resulting in one death and two people missing. Over 670 homes were affected a