Killer dry season comes to unofficial close

There have been a few false alarms raised over the last several weeks, but today we can unofficially declare that the 2005 dry season has come to an end. A light overnight rain over the north and central parts of Belize developed into heavy showers during the afternoon to bring welcome relief to an area of the country that had been literally baking for the last three months. While one shower does not necessarily make a rainy season, forecasters at the Meteorology Department say that the wet weather should stay with us for the next few days. After that, nature will be left to take its own increasingly unpredictable course.