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Tag: tormenta-noel

Definitions tagged tormenta-noel in the street dictionary.

Tormenta Noel

A storm currently battering Santo Domingo and flooding the entire country, knocking down bridges and causing fatalities: in short, a total disaster. The worst part is that the weather service failed to warn the public in time. The death toll is already at 20 with seven bridges collapsed, and the rain is expected to continue. The most affected areas so far are Bonao, Haina, San Jose de Ocoa, San Cristobal, and Santo Domingo Norte. (This entry refers to the 2007 tropical storm that hit the Dominican Republic).

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Tormenta

A weather event with rain and heavy winds. In Santo Domingo, it is sarcastically defined as something you do not realize has arrived until a few people have already drowned. It refers to the perception that evacuations and warnings only happen when water is chest-high, bridges have collapsed, and rivers have flooded (this reflects a common local criticism of late government responses to natural disasters).

A: Dude, did you hear about the Tormenta Noel that is around? B: No man, what storm? I only saw it was raining, but they did not say anything on the news! A: Well, now that it has been raining for a few days, about 3 bridges collapsed and like 10 people died, they finally declared we have a Tormenta.

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