Damaged homes and debris after flooding leaves families displaced in the Dominican Republic

A two-year-old girl was killed in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday when a wall in her home collapsed in floods that have affected around 250,000 families, authorities said. The girl died in a landslide in the capital Santo Domingo after hours of torrential rain, which knocked out power to several parts of the city and swept away vehicles.

Metro services were halted over the flooding. Fifteen of 31 provinces in the Caribbean nation, a tourist hotspot famous for its white sand beaches, had been placed on flood alert before the rains began on Tuesday evening. The government ordered reduced working hours for all due to the transport chaos and said remote work should be prioritized for non-essential staff.