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EXCLUSIVE: Former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey are under criminal investigation for potential wrongdoing related to the Trump–Russia probe, including allegedly making false statements to Congress, Justice Department sources told Fox News Digital.

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe referred evidence of wrongdoing by Brennan to FBI Director Kash Patel for potential prosecution, DOJ sources told Fox News Digital.

The sources said that the referral was received and told Fox News Digital that a criminal investigation into Brennan was opened and is underway. DOJ sources declined to provide further details. It is unclear, at this point, if the investigation spans beyond his alleged false statements to Congress.

As for Comey, DOJ sources told Fox News Digital that an investigation into the former director is underway, but could not share details of what specifically is being probed.

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The Department of Justice has opened criminal investigations into former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey for potential wrongdoing related to the Trump-Russia probe, Fox News Digital has learned.  (Getty; Reuters)

The full scope of the criminal investigations into Brennan and Comey is unclear, but two sources described the FBI’s view of the duo’s interactions as a «conspiracy,» which could open up a wide range of potential prosecutorial options. 

The FBI and CIA declined to comment.

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Neither Brennan nor Comey immediately responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

The Brennan investigation comes after Ratcliffe last week declassified a «lessons learned» review of the creation of the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA). The 2017 ICA alleged Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential election to help then-candidate Donald Trump. But the review found that the process of the ICA’s creation was rushed with «procedural anomalies,» and that officials diverted from intelligence standards. 

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FBI Director Kash Patel during his confirmation hearing in January 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

It also determined that the «decision by agency heads to include the Steele Dossier in the ICA ran counter to fundamental tradecraft principles and ultimately undermined the credibility of a key judgment.» 

The dossier — an anti-Trump document filled with unverified and wholly inaccurate claims that was commissioned by Fusion GPS and paid for by Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the DNC — has been widely discredited. Last week’s review marks the first time career CIA officials have acknowledged politicization of the process by which the ICA was written, particularly by Obama-era political appointees. 

Records declassified as part of that review further revealed that Brennan did, in fact, push for the dossier to be included in the 2017 ICA.

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Brennan testified to the House Judiciary Committee in May 2023, however, that he did not believe the dossier should be included in that intelligence product.

COMEY SAYS MCCABE LIED, CONFIRMS HE KICK-STARTED PROBE THAT LED TO HIS FIRING

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe during his confirmation hearing at the Senate Intelligence Committee on January 15, 2025, in Washington.  (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Ratcliffe was not surprised by the review’s findings, a source familiar told Fox News Digital, given the director’s long history of criticizing Brennan’s politicization of intelligence. But Ratcliffe was compelled to refer aspects of Brennan’s involvement to the FBI for review of possible criminality, the source said.

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The source was unable to share the sensitive details of Ratcliffe’s criminal referral to the FBI with Fox News Digital, but said that Brennan «violated the public’s trust and should be held accountable for it.»

The false statements portion of the probe stems from a newly declassified email sent to Brennan by the former deputy CIA director in December 2016. That message said that including the dossier in the ICA in any capacity jeopardized «the credibility of the entire paper.»

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Former CIA Director John Brennan arrives to meet with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., about the situation in Iran, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2019.  (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

«Despite these objections, Brennan showed a preference for narrative consistency over analytical soundness,» the new CIA review states. «When confronted with specific flaws in the Dossier by the two mission center leaders – one with extensive operational experience and the other with a strong analytic background – he appeared more swayed by the Dossier’s general conformity with existing theories than by legitimate tradecraft concerns.»

The review added: «Brennan ultimately formalized his position in writing, stating that ‘my bottomline is that I believe that the information warrants inclusion in the report.’»

But Brennan testified the opposite in front of Congress in May 2023.

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«The CIA was very much opposed to having any reference or inclusion of the Steele dossier in the Intelligence Community Assessment,» Brennan testified before the House committee, according to the transcript of his deposition reviewed by Fox News Digital. «And so they sent over a copy of the dossier to say that this was going to be separate from the rest of that assessment.»

FLASHBACK: NEWLY DECLASSIFIED INTEL DOCUMENT NOTED STEELE DOSSIER CLAIMS HAD ‘LIMITED CORROBORATION’

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Former Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill, May 23, 2017 in Washington, DC.  (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

CIA officials at the time of its creation pushed back against the FBI, which sought to include the dossier, arguing that the dossier should not be included in the assessment, and casting it as simply «internet rumor.» 

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Ultimately, Steele’s reporting was not included in the body of the final ICA prepared for then-President Barack Obama, but instead detailed in this footnote, «largely at the insistence of FBI’s senior leadership,» according to a review by the Justice Department inspector general, and later, the Senate Intelligence Committee.

But back in June 2020, Ratcliffe, while serving as director of national intelligence, declassified a footnote of the 2017 ICA, which revealed that the reporting of Trump dossier author Christopher Steele had only «limited corroboration» regarding whether then-President-elect Trump «knowingly worked with Russian officials to bolster his chances of beating» Hillary Clinton and other claims.

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The footnote, also known as «Annex A» of the 2017 ICA, exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital in June 2020, spanned less than two pages and detailed reporting by Steele, the former British spy who authored the unverified anti-Trump dossier — a document that helped serve as the basis for controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants obtained against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.

Steele’s reporting, at the time, was commissioned by opposition research firm Fusion GPS and funded by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) through law firm Perkins Coie.

The footnote made clear the internal concerns officials had over that document.

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Ex-British spy Christopher Steele. ( Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

«An FBI source (Steele) using both identified and unidentified subsources, volunteered highly politically sensitive information from the summer to the fall of 2016 on Russian influence efforts aimed at the US presidential election,» the annex read. «We have only limited corroboration of the source’s reporting in this case and did not use it to reach the analytic conclusions of the CIA/FBI/NSA assessment.»

«The source collected this information on behalf of private clients and was not compensated for it by the FBI,» it continued.

But the annex notes that Steele’s reporting was «not developed by the layered subsource network.»

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«The FBI source caveated that, although similar to previously provided reporting in terms of content, the source was unable to vouch for the additional information’s sourcing and accuracy,» the annex states. «Hence this information is not included in this product.»

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Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz also reviewed the inclusion of Steele’s reporting in the ICA during his review of alleged misconduct related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.

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His report, released in late 2019, found that there were «significant inaccuracies and omissions» in FISA warrants for former Trump campaign aide Page. Those warrants relied heavily on Steele’s reporting, despite the FBI not having had specific information corroborating allegations against Page that were included in Steele’s reporting.

Meanwhile, Fox News Digital exclusively reported in October 2020 that Brennan briefed former President Obama and administration officials on intelligence that then-Democrat nominee former Secretary of State Clinton was stirring up a plan to tie Trump to Russia.

Ratcliffe, as director of national intelligence, declassified Brennan’s handwritten notes memorializing that meeting, which were exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital in October 2020.

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Then-Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks as then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens during the town hall debate at Washington University on October 9, 2016 in St Louis, Missouri. (Rick Wilking-Pool/Getty Images)

On July 28, 2016, Brennan briefed Obama on a plan from one of Clinton’s campaign foreign policy advisors «to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security service.» 

Comey, then-Vice President Joe Biden, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper were in the Brennan-Obama briefing.

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After that briefing, the CIA properly forwarded that information through a Counterintelligence Operational Lead (CIOL) to Comey and then-Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok, with the subject line: «Crossfire Hurricane.»

Fox News Digital exclusively obtained and reported on the CIOL in October 2020, which stated: «The following information is provided for the exclusive use of your bureau for background investigative action or lead purposes as appropriate.»

«Per FBI verbal request, CIA provides the below examples of information the CROSSFIRE HURRICANE fusion cell has gleaned to date,» the memo continued. «An exchange (REDACTED) discussing US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s approval of a plan concerning US presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russian hackers hampering US elections as a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server.»

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The FBI on July 31, 2016, opened a counterintelligence investigation into whether candidate Trump and members of his campaign were colluding or coordinating with Russia to influence the 2016 campaign. That investigation was referred to inside the bureau as «Crossfire Hurricane.»

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In this May 29, 2019, file photo, Special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, about the Russia investigation. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to take over the FBI’s original «Crossfire Hurricane» investigation. After nearly two years, Mueller’s investigation, which concluded in March 2019, yielded no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials during the 2016 presidential election.

Shortly after, John Durham was appointed as special counsel to investigate the origins of the «Crossfire Hurricane» probe.

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Durham found that the FBI «failed to act» on a «clear warning sign» that the bureau was the «target» of a Clinton-led effort to «manipulate or influence the law enforcement process for political purposes» ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

«The aforementioned facts reflect a rather startling and inexplicable failure to adequately consider and incorporate the Clinton Plan intelligence into the FBI’s investigative decision-making in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation,» Durham’s report states.

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Special Counsel John Durham indicated the Department of Justice and FBI «failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law» when it launched the Trump-Russia investigation. (Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images)

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«Indeed, had the FBI opened the Crossfire Hurricane investigation as an assessment and, in turn, gathered and analyzed data in concert with the information from the Clinton Plan intelligence, it is likely that the information received would have been examined, at a minimum, with a more critical eye,» the report continued.

Durham, in his report, said the FBI «failed to act on what should have been—when combined with other incontrovertible facts— a clear warning sign that the FBI might then be the target of an effort to manipulate or influence the law enforcement process for political purposes during the 2016 presidential election.»

Meanwhile, the White House wants the Obama-era intelligence officials to be held accountable. 

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«President Trump was right — again,» White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to Fox News Digital. «Those who engaged in this political scandal must be held accountable for the fraud they committed against President Trump and the lies they told to the American people.»

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US embassies in Bahrain, Egypt issue warnings as Iran threatens universities across Middle East

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The U.S. Embassy in Bahrain told American citizens in the country to shelter in place on Tuesday, as the embassy in Egypt issued its own caution to Americans amid threats that Iran and its terror proxies may try to target American universities across the Middle East.

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The embassy in Manama directed all U.S. government employees, along with all other Americans in the country, to shelter in a secure structure and stay away from windows until further notice.

«Iran and its aligned terrorist militias may intend to target American universities in Bahrain,» the embassy said. «Iran has specifically threatened American universities across the Middle East.»

The embassy provided instructions to those Americans who wish to leave the Middle East.

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People crowd the Central Market for shopping during the final days of Ramadan in Manama, Bahrain, on March 18, 2026. (Ayman Yaqoob/Anadolu via Getty Images)

«If you want to leave the Middle East, the U.S. government is ready to assist by providing you the latest information about the departure options available,» it said.

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A view of damage in Manama, Bahrain, after a kamikaze drone strike during Iran’s retaliatory attack on March 1, 2026. (Stringer/Anadolu/via Getty Images)

For those who wish to remain and shelter in place, the embassy reminded them to have a supply of food, water, medications and other essential items.

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«We urge all Americans to remain vigilant, follow local authorities’ instructions, and review the latest guidance from the U.S. Embassy or Consulate,» the embassy said.

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The headquarters of the U.S. 5th Fleet in Manama, Bahrain. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Adelola Tinubu/U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet )

Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo advised U.S. citizens to closely monitor the news for regional developments.

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«Egyptian authorities generally offer effective security protection,» the embassy said. «However, extremists and Iranian-aligned actors have expressed interest in planning and carrying out attacks in the region. Iran and its aligned terrorist militias may intend to target universities in the Middle East. Iran has specifically threatened American universities across the Middle East.»

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Top White House officials encouraged potential Bondi replacement to make case to Trump for AG job: Sources

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FIRST ON FOX: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche huddled with President Donald Trump in the hours after Pam Bondi was forced out last week to make his pitch for the job full-time, Fox News Digital confirmed. 

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Blanche was encouraged by top White House officials to speak with the president while other names, like Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, briefly circulated as possible contenders, two sources familiar told Fox News Digital. During that conversation, Blanche made his case for why he should be the next attorney general.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to Fox News Digital that the president and his then-deputy attorney general spoke on Thursday, as did a source familiar with Blanche’s movements that day. 

Trump announced Bondi’s departure from the Justice Department and in the same social media post last Thursday said that Blanche would be taking over the role in an acting capacity, as Fox News and Fox News Digital previously reported.

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Todd Blanche will serve as Acting U.S. Attorney General after his former boss Pam Bondi was fired last week. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The next moves could prove crucial for Blanche if he wants to clinch the president’s nomination – and with the countdown ticking to the midterm elections, he only has a few months to convince the president he can lead the roughly 120,000-employee DOJ before a potential party power change in Congress.

«It’s really Todd’s role to lose at this point,» one of the sources who spoke with Fox News Digital said. 

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A 30-year department veteran, however, speculated that Blanche won’t get the nomination and will continue to run the DOJ in an acting capacity.

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«The safest thing for Trump to do is just to keep Blanche, the ultimate loyalist, in place as Acting, at least through the midterms, and avoid a confirmation fight,» former DOJ prosecutor Kevin Flynn told Fox News Digital. «In terms of advancing Trump’s retribution agenda, I think Blanche could do pretty much everything as Acting [Attorney General] as a confirmed AG could do.»

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Trump fired Bondi on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, during an Oval Office meeting ahead of his speech to the nation on the war in Iran, Fox News Digital first reported a day after her ouster.

Trump confirmed her departure on Truth Social at 1:17 pm, roughly 45 minutes after the report became public. 

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Todd Blanche served as a personal attorney for Trump during trials between his first and second terms. Here the two appear before the media after the conclusion of Trump’s hush money trial in New York City on Thursday, May 30, 2024.  (Michael M. Santiago/Pool Photo via AP)

In the hours after Bondi was dismissed and before Trump made his official DOJ personnel announcement, Blanche allegedly had a consequential conversation with the president where he was informed he would be acting attorney general. Blanche lobbied to get the full-time position in a following discussion, one source familiar said. 

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They also said that Blanche went to the White House a few times for various reasons in the days after he became acting AG.

The other source said it was this follow-up conversation that provided the president with the confidence to give Blanche the nod – at least for now.

Trump told his one-time personal attorney, «Here’s your audition,» the source paraphrased.

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Blanche «got a call from POTUS after leaving a podcast taping on Thursday following the report on Fox,» a spokesperson for the Justice Department told Fox News Digital.

When Leavitt was asked if the two chatted on Thursday, the president’s spokesperson replied, «Yes they spoke.»

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President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi in a meeting at the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Neither the DOJ nor White House would comment on what the two discussed last week and whether Blanche made his case for a promotion.

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Either way, now it’s up to Blanche to prove he’s up for the job full-time. 

His first test was a Tuesday afternoon press conference focused on Trump’s push to crack down on fraud.

Blanche likely passed the pulse test as he showered praise on the president and said there would be no love lost if he wasn’t selected to be the next attorney general. «I love working for President Trump,» he said. «It’s the greatest honor of a lifetime. And if President Trump chooses to nominate somebody else and asks me to go do something else, I’ll say, ‘Thank you very much, I love you, sir.’»

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He got to work right away shaping the DOJ. 

On Thursday, Blanche announced his appointment of Trent McCotter as the principal associate deputy attorney general. He also stood up the new DOJ fraud division at Tuesday’s press conference and put Colin McDonald in charge as assistant attorney general for the Fraud Division.

Additionally, he took two trusted advisers with him to the attorney general’s office, Shane Hedges and James McHenry.

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Blanche will likely need to differentiate himself from Bondi and distance himself from her failures – namely the Jeffrey Epstein files debacle – if he wants longevity in the role, one of the sources familiar told Fox News Digital.

US INTERIM ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE CALLS SPECULATION SURROUNDING BONDI’S FIRING ‘SIMPLY NOT TRUE’

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Many reports claim that Pam Bondi was fired, in part, for her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.  (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

In February 2025, Bondi said she had the Epstein files on her desk. A trickle of releases over the next year would yield no new investigations or prosecutions related to the sex trafficker’s crimes and left Americans unsatisfied. 

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The source familiar said every move Bondi made after that was an effort to «clean up» her broken promise to release the Epstein client list. 

Convincing Trump he’s the right guy for the job is only the first hurdle. Blanche would also need to get past Congress and a confirmation process that is sure to be grueling. 

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Bondi passed with a Senate vote of 54–46, with all 53 Republicans and lone Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., voting for her to be attorney general. Every other Democrat voted against her confirmation. 

Blanche, with the legacy of Bondi tied to his tenure in the Trump administration, could face an uphill battle even with some Republicans who have grown critical of the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files.

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Lluvias de fin de semana podrían dejar acumulados de hasta 125 milímetros de agua en República Dominicana

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Personal de Cruz Roja apoya ante la emergencia por lluvias que se registra en República Dominicana, debido a un sistema frontal./(Cruz Roja Dominicana)
Personal de Cruz Roja apoya ante la emergencia por lluvias que se registra en República Dominicana, debido a un sistema frontal./(Cruz Roja Dominicana)

Las autoridades meteorológicas de República Dominicana han advertido sobre un escenario de lluvias intensas para este fin de semana, con acumulados que podrían oscilar entre 100 y 125 milímetros en las próximas horas. Esta situación ha llevado a que 10 provincias del país amanezcan bajo alerta meteorológica, ante la amenaza de precipitaciones persistentes y la posibilidad de eventos extremos como crecidas de ríos, inundaciones urbanas y rurales, y deslizamientos de tierra.

La directora del Instituto Dominicano de Meteorología (Indomet), Gloria Ceballos, informó en rueda de prensa desde el Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias (COE) que un sistema frontal activo, asociado a una vaguada, es el responsable de este patrón meteorológico inestable. Según Ceballos, los acumulados de lluvia podrían alcanzar valores superiores en algunas zonas del territorio nacional, debido a la combinación de la vaguada, la humedad aportada por los vientos del este-noreste y la persistencia de nubosidad sobre el país.

El pronóstico oficial del tiempo, presentado por Saddan Font-Frías, encargado del Centro Nacional de Pronóstico, advierte que los aguaceros serán de moderados a fuertes y podrán alcanzar intensidad torrencial en varias regiones. Las precipitaciones estarán acompañadas de tormentas eléctricas, ráfagas de viento y, de forma aislada, posibles granizadas. Este fenómeno se extenderá durante todo el fin de semana y podría mantenerse al inicio de la próxima semana laboral, con condiciones húmedas y lluvias frecuentes entre lunes y martes.

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Las precipitaciones tendrán un impacto especialmente significativo en ciertas regiones. El informe del Indomet señala que las áreas más vulnerables corresponden a la cordillera Central, el suroeste y la franja fronteriza. Entre las localidades bajo mayor vigilancia se encuentran San Juan, Santiago, La Vega, Monte Plata y Elías Piña, así como municipios y comunidades de Hato Mayor, Sánchez Ramírez, Duarte, San José de Ocoa, Monseñor Nouel, Santiago Rodríguez, Dajabón, Puerto Plata, Espaillat y Valverde.

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En estas zonas, el riesgo de inundaciones urbanas y rurales es elevado, así como el de crecidas de ríos, arroyos y cañadas. Además, la posibilidad de deslizamientos de tierra se incrementa en laderas y suelos inestables, especialmente debido a que las precipitaciones de los días anteriores ya han provocado una saturación significativa de los suelos.

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El Indomet mantiene los niveles de alerta y aviso meteorológico en distintas demarcaciones, en coordinación con el Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias (COE) y los organismos de protección civil.

El incremento en la nubosidad y las lluvias inició desde la madrugada en la costa caribeña, incluyendo el Gran Santo Domingo, para luego intensificarse en horas de la tarde. Para el domingo y lunes, el sistema frontal continuará casi estacionario al norte del país, mientras los vientos del este-noreste seguirán aportando humedad. Por ello, se esperan episodios de lluvias dispersas durante la mañana, que se intensificarán en la tarde con aguaceros fuertes, tormentas eléctricas y la posibilidad de granizadas en zonas localizadas.

Llamado a la población

Ante este panorama, las autoridades han emitido un llamado enfático a la ciudadanía para que se mantenga atenta a los boletines oficiales y siga las recomendaciones de los organismos de protección civil. Entre las sugerencias principales destacan evitar cruzar ríos o cañadas con altos niveles de agua y tomar medidas preventivas para proteger vidas y propiedades.

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Las lluvias intensas de los últimos días han generado inundaciones en calles, viviendas y diferentes zonas urbanas y rurales de República Dominicana. (Foto cortesía redes sociales)
Las lluvias intensas de los últimos días han generado inundaciones en calles, viviendas y diferentes zonas urbanas y rurales de República Dominicana. (Foto cortesía redes sociales)

El Indomet ha reiterado que continuará proporcionando actualizaciones oportunas sobre la evolución de este sistema atmosférico, para que la población y las entidades responsables puedan actuar con antelación ante cualquier eventualidad. Se recomienda a los residentes en zonas de riesgo permanecer informados y acatar las indicaciones, dada la vulnerabilidad incrementada por la saturación de los suelos y la persistencia de lluvias en los próximos días.

Impacto en la infraestructura y la vida cotidiana

El pronóstico de intensas lluvias y el estado de alerta en 10 provincias podrían afectar la movilidad, la actividad comercial y la prestación de servicios básicos en varias regiones del país. Las autoridades han dispuesto operativos de vigilancia y respuesta rápida ante posibles emergencias, con especial atención en las zonas rurales y urbanas identificadas como puntos críticos.

El llamado de las instituciones es a priorizar la seguridad y a no subestimar los riesgos asociados a las lluvias intensas, en un contexto donde la saturación de los suelos y la inestabilidad atmosférica aumentan la exposición de la población a desastres naturales.

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