"Lots of shaking, of course, the massive earthquakes back toward Venezuela.
Elsewhere though, we've had additional quakes yesterday itself was rather active.....back toward the Dominican Republic, 5.0 in magnitude....shaking felt in Puerto Rico, back toward Haiti with this one. But there were multiple back near Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica. Some of the shaking fell 5.2 in magnitude about 120 km down or 75 miles down. And then on top of that, we had another one offshore of Antigua, Barbados, offshore of Guadolupe, 4.6 in magnitude. " Mr.Weatherman
"An enormous fire at a Dominican Republic resort that killed one Italian reality TV star has also left nearly 1,700 other tourists stranded, after the deadly blaze reduced their passports and other important documents to ashes.
The fire erupted on Friday at the Viva Dominicus Beach by Wyndham in Bayahibe, a $350-a-night resort popular with Western tourists, many of whom were evacuated.
Francesca Valentino, a 46-year-old Italian woman, was killed.
When the fire at Viva Dominicus Beach broke out, the resort was operating at 84 percent capacity." msn
"At least one person has been reported dead in Haiti as Tropical Storm Melissa continues to bring severe weather across the Caribbean. The system is forecast to reach hurricane strength by Saturday, October 25, 2025. The storm threatens Haiti, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic with heavy rainfall and possible hurricane-force winds later this weekend." W
"A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck near a pair of popular vacation spots for U.S. citizens on Monday evening.
The moderate earthquake, which reportedly caused some noticeable damage, struck near the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico on Monday evening. The earthquake measured in at close to 6.0 on the Richter Scale and reportedly had more than a dozen aftershocks." msn
"Torrential rainfall and severe flooding on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, home to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, killed two dozen people over the weekend, according to local authorities.
At least 21 individuals, including three children, died in the Dominican Republic after the island was pummeled by heavy rain, which flooded homes, triggered power outages and damaged roadways. The death toll includes nine people who were killed after a highway tunnel collapsed onto cars in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic.....The Emergency Operations Center of the Dominican Republic said over 2,500 citizens had to be rescued by protection agencies during the storm." AP
"The Dominican Republic said on Tuesday it will beef up security at its northern border withHaiti, following an incident it labeled a "provocation" in which it said a group of Haitians entered Dominican territory and interfered with the army patrol. "The situation seems to be due to an apparent misunderstanding by Haitian citizens regarding the border limits that separate both countries," said Figueroa....videos shared on social media showed a helicopter circling the border while Haitian and Dominican soldiers stand near a border wall and a burned tire exudes a column of black smoke." FOX
