Flooding left at least 19 people dead in the Dominican Republic and Haiti between April 9 and 24, 2026, including 12 deaths reported in northwestern Haiti, and displaced or evacuated 30 500 people in the Dominican Republic.
A Hurricane Watch was issued on October 23, 2025, as Tropical Storm Melissa approached Hispaniola and Jamaica, bringing the threat of heavy rainfall and life-threatening flooding. The storm is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by the weekend and possibly a major hurricane early next week, producing heavy rain, flash flooding, and landslides across Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and parts of Cuba.
Tropical Storm Melissa, the 13th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, formed on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Haiti, and a Severe Weather Alert remains active for Jamaica as the system brings the risk of heavy rainfall, flash floods, and landslides across both countries.
A tropical wave over the northeastern Caribbean Sea is producing showers, thunderstorms, and gusty winds across the Windward and Leeward Islands on September 24, 2025. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the disturbance will spread heavy rainfall and gusty winds into Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands later today and into the Dominican Republic tonight, with conditions becoming more favorable for development later this week near the Bahamas. Another wave, located about 1 125 km (700 miles) east of the Leeward Islands, also has a high chance of becoming a tropical depression in the coming days.
The Dominican Republic has been severely impacted by a tropical disturbance that brought record-breaking rainfall and catastrophic flooding across various regions.
Tropical Depression "Grace" is approaching the southern coast of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, rising the threat of flash flooding and mudslides across Hispaniola today. Heavy rainfall is forecast across the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica,…
Tropical Storm "Elsa" is re-strengthening after moving over Cuba toward Florida, U.S. The system will pass near the Florida Keys this morning LT, July 6, and move near or over portions of the west coast of Florida later today and continuing into Wednesday,…
Tropical Storm "Laura" brought strong winds and heavy rain to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti over the weekend, August 22 into 23, 2020, leaving at least 11 people dead and more than 1 million without power. The storm is now dumping heavy…
Heavy rainfall affected the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica between May 2 and 7, 2018, causing floods and landslides and leaving at least 4 people dead. The Emergency Operations Center (COE) initially raised red alert level in San Cristóbal province,…
More than 17 000 people were forced to evacuate after dangerous weather system dumped extreme amounts of rain on the Dominican Republic over the past couple of days. Within 24 hours, some regions saw up to 400 mm (15.7 inches) of rain, causing rivers to overflow….
