Chief Met Officer Says No Cause for Alarm Just Yet

On the phone: Ronald Gordon

According to the Chief Met Officer, while the system is being monitored, Belize is not in any emergency.  Should the system become a threat to the country, the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, will be activated and a state of emergency will be declared.

On the phone: Ronald Gordon, Chief Meteorological Officer

“The bottom line is that it is something that we need to monitor very closely and see what materializes.  We do have, like I said, at least five to six days to see what develops or what happens with this particular system and where it goes.  If something does develop and threatens our area of course, we’ll alert NEMO and NEMO will declare any state of emergency, but it is too early for that right now.  So we are not in any emergency at the moment, but we do advise residents to monitor very closely along with us and to be on the lookout for any advisories that may come out later this week as it regards to the system.  But at this moment, we are not there yet, we are in the monitoring phase.”