<span style="color: #222222;">At least 21 people, including 3 children, were killed in the Dominican Republic after heavy rain over the weekend. Local media reported that more than 13,000 people were evacuated to secure areas after heavy downpours.<br />''<br />''The country's Emergency Operations Center said, rain flooded homes, caused power cuts and damaged bridges and roads. It said, more than 2,600 homes were also affected by the storm.<br />''<br />'' A majority of the nation's 32 provinces remain under red and yellow weather alerts. The rainfall, which resulted from a tropical depression, is expected to continue today across parts of the country.<br />''<br />''Dominican President Luis Abinader called it the largest rainfall event ever in the country's history.</span><br />