At Least 1 Person Is Dead and 2 Are Missing as Tropical Storm Franklin Batters Dominican Republic

At Least 1 Person Is Dead and 2 Are Missing as Tropical Storm Franklin Batters Dominican Republic
People wait for the metro to open amid rain brought by Tropical Storm Franklin in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Aug. 23, 2023. Ricardo Hernandez/AP Photo
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—Tropical Storm Franklin unleashed heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after making landfall in the country’s southern region, killing at least one person and leaving two others missing.

The storm began to slowly spin away late Wednesday afternoon from the island of Hispaniola that the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti after dumping heavy rain for several hours.