The Belize Coast Guard has rescued two American women who were attempting to reach the US on a sailboat. The foreign-flagged sailboat named Sencilla had left Livingston, Guatemala en route to Florida on Wednesday, but soon after departure it encountered unfavorable weather conditions and its engine failed. Then its sails got damaged and the boat […]
Thomas warns seafarers who want to venture out on long marine voyages to pay keen attention to the weather advisories to avoid getting caught in thunderstorms and rough sea conditions that can potentially put their lives at risk. Lt. Kenrick Thomas, Operations Officer, Belize Coast Guard “We at the Coast Guard would like to […]
This past weekend marked the sixtieth anniversary of Hurricane Hattie, a storm that killed three hundred and nineteen people in Belize on October thirty-first, 1961. Weather maps show that the hurricane had initially taken a northerly path along Honduras and was projected to strike Cuba. Belize was almost in the clear, when the storm suddenly […]
CEMO has been activated and continues to monitor the flood conditions going into tonight as it is expected that the rains will continue. On Wednesday and again today, CEMO Liaison Officer at the Belize City Council Melony Dawson, the City Engineer, and a field officer went into flood prone areas after receiving multiple calls of […]
If you are in Belize City, you are probably wondering when we will get a break from the heavy rains and what is causing it all. Today news five was out surveying the scene from downtown Belize City to Belama. We found many streets inundated and impassable for smaller vehicles as water levels rose. But […]
At least three families, including six children, are homeless tonight after the houses they were occupying on Albert Street went up in smoke this morning. It happened in the vicinity of Birds Isle where Marcia Usher and her family reside. Despite all efforts by the National Fire Service to contain the blaze, two structures were […]
There was also a fire at the Tu’Kan Foam Factory over the weekend. On Saturday morning, a fire broke inside the factory at mile thirteen on the George Price Highway, destroying two concrete buildings on the property. Efforts were made to extinguish the fire, but it quickly got out of control. Fire personnel were called […]
Six families, including six children and a pregnant woman, are displaced after a fire swept through their yard and destroyed their homes in Belize City. It happened on the evening of September tenth, when most people were observing a scaled-back Battle of Saint George’s Caye Day holiday. As Marion Ali found out, the fire started […]
A fire that began around eleven a.m. has left a tenant devastated at the loss of her belongings and bad luck, since this is the second fire she has been through. News Five was at the scene on Mahogany Street in Belize City today and spoke to area residents who tried to help and to […]
A Belize City family of six is in dire straits after the plycem and wooden structure they call home collapsed with them inside. Sixty-year-old Margaret McDougall told News Five that she, her daughter and three grandchildren were inside the house through Belisle Alley off King Street when suddenly everything went crashing to the ground on […]
We are well within the hurricane season and today, we have an update on Tropical Storm Grace, which has upgraded to a category one hurricane earlier today. The projection is that the storm, which is barrelling towards the Yucatan Peninsula, will make landfall north in Mexico. Today, News Five spoke with Chief Meteorologist Ronald Gordon […]
Tropical storm winds are not expected, but the country will be impacted by rains, especially northern Belize starting tonight. There is also the possibility of flooding across the country. Chief Meteorologist Gordon goes into more details on warnings for the country and for residents to stay alert. Ronald Gordon, Chief Meteorologist, National Meteorological Service […]
There was a fire on Tuesday night on the corner of George Frazer Street and Iguana Saint Extension in Belize City. The home of Lisa Lauriano went up in a blaze. And, if that name sounds familiar, that is because Lauriano was in police custody earlier this week for the stabbing death of her ex-common […]
The National Meteorological Services of Belize and NEMO issued an advisory today for Tropical storm Grace which was due west of Corozal Town this afternoon. The storm is expected to continue its northward motion, making landfall in Mexico between Playa Del Carmen and Tulum late Wednesday and early Thursday as a category one hurricane. The […]
Today at San Ignacio Resort Hotel, a ceremony of achievements and presentation of a third disbursement for the Belize Urban Resilience and Disaster Prevention Project was held. It is a collaboration between Belize and the Taiwanese Government that sought to make the Cayo District, which has been recently affected by flooding, more resilient to the […]
A fire broke out early this morning in Caye Caulker Village. The windy weather did not help, so despite efforts to extinguish the raging fire, it spread, robbing a family of fifteen of all they had been working for. But as News Five’s Duane Moody found out, the island really is aptly nicknamed La Isla […]
Personnel from the National Fire Service were back on the scene later today doing their investigation in an effort to determine its cause. What is known is that the fire started in the smallest structure, but it is uncertain what sparked the blaze. One man is in police custody, who investigators say is claiming that […]
The last time there was a fire on Caye Caulker was back in September 2019 when a fire broke at Nando’s Golf Cart Rentals and Apartments. Fourteen persons were displaced and a mechanic of San Jose Village died. A post-mortem of this morning’s fire is underway, but village council chair Seleny Villanueva-Pott says that she […]
There was a sad ending to the missing person report from Sunday as the lifeless body of twenty-two-year-old Carlos Guerra was found floating in the Sibun River behind Franks Eddy Village this afternoon. He reportedly went swimming at the Camino Del Rio Area in Belmopan on Sunday evening, but went underwater and never resurfaced. A […]
There was a small fire at the Supreme Court of Belize today. Reports to News Five are that the fire department was called to the court after a small tank caught fire. It now appears that it was from a welding machine. The National Fire Service quickly contained the small blaze at the entrance of […]
There is yet another fire to report tonight; this time in the Antelope Street area of Belize City. A well-known yardman and his wife escaped grave injury when a fire broke inside their wooden home early this morning. Investigations indicate it may have been deliberately set. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting […]
A Belize City man lost his house and all his belongings to a fire over the weekend. Tyrone Stevens had just left his house to go buy tacos and minutes later he received the distress call. He hurried to J.R. Street to find the place he called home completely engulfed in flames. Nothing was saved […]
Yes we are in the rainy season, yes, we are in hurricane season. But tornados? This morning, some residents of Billy White in the Cayo District felt like they were in the middle of the Wizard of Oz, complete with a flying dog circling the house. News Five’s Paul Lopez surveyed the damage and spoke […]
And while the residents of Billy White certainly had a time of it with today’s freak storm, News Five spoke with Deputy Chief Meteorologist Michelle Augustine who classified it as a thunderstorm, not a tornado. On the Phone: Michelle Augustine, Deputy Chief Meteorologist “Between eight-thirty and eight-forty-five this morning, there was an isolated thunderstorm […]
A mother of nine is appealing to the public for help after her house in Belama in Belize City was destroyed by fire on Thursday night. Kescha Miller told News Five she lost everything and needs help. She claims the fire was an intimidation tactic to get her to drop a legal case. Kescha […]
