At least one man died as Tropical Storm Franklin passed over the Dominican Republic, flooding parts of the capital and damaging infrastructure, though initial reports showed communities across the Caribbean island of Hispaniola emerged relatively unscathed.
Franklin, which brought stormy winds and rainfall across the Dominican Republic and neighboring Haiti, is forecast to gather strength over the Atlantic Ocean and could near hurricane force this weekend.
"Franklin could be near hurricane strength over the southwestern Atlantic by Saturday," the NHC said, saying it expected the storm to gradually strengthen from its current maximum sustained winds near 40 mph. In a briefing with COE, Dominican President Luis Abinader said the government would attend to communities whose infrastructure was damaged by the storm and that schools and businesses would resume on Thursday.A preliminary COE report found that no homes had been destroyed by the storm though over 500 had been damaged and more than 300 people had moved to temporary shelters.
In Haiti, local media said the country's Hydro-Meteorological Unit had lifted its yellow alert as the storm passed over, though rains were still forecast in parts on the country including the Grand'Anse and Sud departments.
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