Dear Friends and Colleagues, First of all, we hope you and all your loved ones are well. On behalf of us all at Casa de Campo Resort and Villas, we want to thank you for your thoughts and prayers during the recent storm. We are very grateful that our guests, residents, and employees are safe, […]
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Hurricane Warning issued for Dominican Republic due to Hurricane Fiona
In less than 24, Hurricane Fiona intensified into a Category 1 hurricane before it reached Puerto Rico today. Fiona is now moving just west of Puerto Rico causing flooding and power outages and heading our way to the eastern Dominican Republic. Many residents in Casa de Campo have already prepared for Hurricane Fiona and stock […]
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Hurricane Fiona: Precautionary measures for Casa de Campo
Please be advised that Casa de Campo has been closely following the reports on tropical storm Fiona. According to the national weather center in Miami, Fiona is likely to cause heavy rains and winds in our area. Due to the storm, it is possible that the basic services present variations, possible electricity, and internet service. […]
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Hurricane Watch issued for Dominican Republic due to Category 5 Hurricane Maria
In less than 24, hours Hurricane Maria has intensified to a Category 5 hurricane after it reached Dominica last night. The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are both being advised of a potentially catastrophic strike by the National Hurricane Center, while a hurricane watch is in effect for Saba and St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, St. Martin […]
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Hurricane Maria quickly approaches the Dominican Republic
It seems that not much longer since we breathed a sigh of relief that Hurricane Irma had passed and diverted itself from our shoreline that Hurricane Maria is now close on its heels. Quickly approaching and forecasted to be a much closer impact, we bring you the following news and updates about the storm:
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Prepare for Hurricane Irma this week!
Hurricane Irma will begin in the Leeward Islands and over the next few days make its way to the northern coast of the Dominican Republic. Currently a category 3 hurricane, reports indicate it may increase to a category 4 by tomorrow. Maximum sustained winds have reached 115mph, but could be as much as 140mph by […]
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Oh oh! Another Tropical Storm on the horizon
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on newly formed Tropical Depression number seven, which IF she develops into a Tropical Storm, will go by the name of “Grace”.
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Tropical Storm Gonzalo threatens Dominican Republic
After a complete an utter lack of tropical depressions, tropical storms, hurricanes and indeed rain throughout this entire hurricane season, we did not see this coming. So it may surprise you to know that Tropical Storm Gonzalo is threatening to bring some rather unpleasant weather to the Dominican Republic by Tuesday/Wednesday.
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Today we celebrate the end of the hurricane season!
While it may not have felt like it, the last 6 months has been “hurricane season” in the Dominican Republic, and today Saturday November the 30th marks the official end of this rainy, windy season! Yippeee!
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle heading north through the Mona Passage
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Gabrielle has now been “downgraded” to Tropical Depression Gabrielle – click here to read more! Despite my optimism that “Invest 97-L” wasn’t going to develop much, yesterday the system did develop… firstly into Tropical Depression 7, and then into Tropical Storm Gabrielle. So this morning as we wake up to a serene […]
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“Peak” hurricane season is underway as first August Tropical Depression develops
The “curse” of mid-August strikes again! Every year on the 15th of August (give or take a few days), the “peak” hurricane season gets underway. Today as we awake to find Tropical Depression 5 newly developed in the Atlantic ocean… so begins 6 weeks (más o menos) of constant weather watching! UPDATE (Thursday, Aug.15th, 11am): Tropical […]