A Norwegian cruise ship with more than a thousand passengers onboard has been refloated on Tuesday after running aground off the Dominican Republic the previous day. Whascar de Jesus Garcia, a Puerto Plata’s provincial office manager, said strong winds had caused the 1,069 feet-long vessel to ground itself on Monday as it left the Taino Bay port at Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic “Because of the slow speed that the cruise was carrying, it was dragged by the currents existing there,” the Dominican admiral said. “In the North of the Dominican Republic, a cold front was approaching, causing abnormal winds. In the most vulnerable moment when the ship was leaving the port, sadly, a wind gust turned the ship a little,” he went on to say. A Norwegian Cruise Line spokesperson said in a statement provided to Florida Today that the ship “made contact with the channel bed as it was …