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Nagua.- The north coast of the Dominican Republic experienced this Sunday the effects of Hurricane Erin, which, although it lowered its category to 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale and is moving hundreds of kilometers north of the country, caused strong waves and winds in the area.
On the coasts of Nagua, in the north of the country, groups of curious people went to observe the waves despite the Dominican government's ban on approaching the shores of the Atlantic.
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"We are afraid that something might happen, but for now the hurricane's passage is only aligning," declared Alexandra García, a worker in a store near the beach of this municipality. While Francis de La Rosa said that, upon hearing of "a storm, I came to check and see that the sea is very rough." "I have come to supervise and to see if one can stay at home," expressed La Rosa, who lives near the coast. Nearby, on another beach, surfing enthusiasts gathered who took advantage of the bad weather and the waves. "We are looking for waves because of the hurricane," admitted Gaudy Estrella, a woman fond of this sport. "We have been doing this (practicing surfing) for ten years." "It's raining, but not too hard. I see it as a normal day. Surfers practice having a limit, because if it gets too strong (the waves), sometimes the authorities come and take them out, but for now the waves are good, but they are not very dangerous", said Ramón Antonio, who went to the coast to watch the surfers. Dominican authorities have maintained the green alert (minimum) for 11 provinces, between the far east and northwest of the country. The Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet) established in its most recent bulletin that Erin, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, is located about 269 kilometers from the province of Samaná (northeast) and is moving west/northwest at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers.
