Caribbean islands are prepared before passage of Tropical Storm Danny

Dominican Republic . - The islands of the northern Caribbean today was preparing for the imminent arrival of the storm Danny, whose rains are expected to mitigate the drought affecting the region.

The National Hurricane Center of the United States explained that the storm was located at 14:00 (1800 GMT) 420 kilometers (260 miles) east of Antigua and moving at 24 kph westward with winds of 85 kilometers per hour.

The airline Liat, Antigua and Barbuda, announced the cancellation of 17 flights between various destinations in the West Indies on Sunday and another 22 on Monday due to the passage of the storm.

The National Hurricane Center reported that governed one tropical storm warning for Antigua and Barbuda, where the arrival of atmospheric phenomenon on Sunday night or early Monday is expected, as well as Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis and Anguilla.

Ernesto Rodriguez, a meteorologist with the National Meteorological Office of Puerto Rico, announced that Danny is expected to be degraded to a tropical depression as it passes south Monday the US Virgin Islands, where rain will yield five to 10 centimeters.

And it turned into depression is expected that the phenomenon causes heavy rainfall in Puerto Rico, where extreme drought affects about 25% of the territory and a severe drought affects another 45%, for a total of 2.9 million people homeless.

Juan Manuel Mendez, director of the Emergency Operations Center of the Dominican Republic, said at a news conference that all the Dominican territory is under early warning, as rains of Danny affect much of the country.

Jose Medina, local meteorologist, predicted that the atmospheric phenomenon will leave about six centimeters of rainfall, that barely will mitigate the prolonged drought affecting the country. Governed tropical storm warning for Saba and St. Eustatius, St. Maarten; Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, and the US Virgin Islands.

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