Authorities estimated at least 30,000 residents were evacuated across the island of Hispaniola.
Diversity and endemism is highest on the island of Hispaniola.
It will not be the mayor's first visit to the island of Hispaniola.
It is known only from skeletal remains found on the island of Hispaniola.
Haiti, the other (western) half of the island of Hispaniola, had a similar experience.
The island of Hispaniola has an area of 76,480 km2.
Haiti is in the west of the island of Hispaniola.
Both species are native to the island of Hispaniola.
The island of Hispaniola was also predicted to be heavily affected by the storm.
It is found on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean.