The hurricane attacked with force in the eastern region of the country after passing through the communities of Higüey, Punta Cana, Miches, El Seibo and Hato Mayor, Sabana de la Mar, where it has left a situation that the authorities of the national electricity sector define as “calamitous”.
A joint brigade of the distribution companies will leave tomorrow for the East of the country, as the Minister of Energy and Mines, Antonio Almonte, has just informed Listín Diario.
The minister reported that the same calamity is occurring in Samaná, particularly in Sánchez.
A large number of circuits are out of service, most of them due to breakdown and others that were taken out of service due to the fall of wires to the ground and thus avoid human losses, Almonte explained.
According to the official, for two days the technical brigades in the East have been reinforced, but given the current situation they are waiting for the rains and winds to subside to intervene in the area.
Early tomorrow (Tuesday) a massive recovery process will be carried out in the provinces affected by Hurricane Fiona, where a joint team of all the distributors and the Electric Transmission Company will go, he said.
We will be focused on the recovery of service in the East zone.
Hurricane Fiona affected the islands of Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, and today it is in the Dominican Republic with heavy rains in the eastern area.