As you heard just now, NEMO’s National Coordinator pointed out the challenges of responding to a hurricane during the time of a pandemic. Shelton Defour says that all personnel are in place and ready to respond, but what about infrastructure? Well, firstly, shelters are expected to open when there is a hurricane warning; and once […]
From the S.O.E. to an impending hurricane…There is a sense of urgency in San Pedro in light of the fast-approaching storm. The San Pedro Town Council is asking residents to start putting their family emergency plan into action and to be prepared to seek safe shelter. It is expected that by Thursday, Nana will strengthen […]
The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) and the National Meteorological Services of Belize are monitoring a westward-moving tropical wave that is located over the eastern Caribbean Sea just west of the Windward Islands. Projections are for a tropical depression to form during the next two days. Today we spoke with Deputy Chief Meteorologist Ronald Gordon […]
The Belize City Council and the City Emergency Management Organization say they have a plan in place for the hurricane season which is now underway. CEMO will be working with the private sector, N.G.O.s, communities and Government, to enhance its capabilities and strengthen capacity in order to preserve life and protect property in times of […]
Tropical Depression Fourteen is heading further north and away from Belize. That’s the latest coming out of the National Meteorological Service tonight. The system is expected to make landfall over the Yucatan Peninsula over the next twenty-four hours. While models show that it doesn’t present any serious threat, Belize is still expected to experience some […]
The National Meteorological Service is monitoring Tropical Depression fourteen. As of six this evening, TD-fourteen was about one hundred miles east of Cabo Gracias A Dios on the Nicaragua/Honduras border and four hundred and seventy-five miles East Southeast of Belize City. Earlier this afternoon, just after one we spoke with Deputy Chief Met Ronald Gordon […]
On Friday, we will have an update for you on Tropical Depression Fourteen, but as you heard from the National Met Service, if TD-fourteen remains on track, it will make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula. That means it will bring some rains and northern communities may experience flooding. Today, Principal Public Health Inspector John Bodden […]
Two houses were consumed by fire on Monday night, displacing as many as eight persons from two families. The fire erupted before eight o’clock and spread quickly, destroying the properties located off Wagner Lane in Belize City. It is believed that a domestic dispute among siblings led to arson. Here is News Five’s Isani Cayetano […]
A one-year-old toddler of Bella Vista Village drowned on Tuesday. Police say baby Abdiel Ramos was discovered inside a well around four-thirty in the afternoon. Police responded to the village where they spoke with the toddler’s mother, Reyna Isabel Revella, who told them she was cleaning her yard and her four children were playing. When […]
A family of five needs assistance to recover from a fire that damaged their house. Kendra Timmons and her four children were watching television on Sunday night when the fire broke on the ground floor of the house they occupied. The family managed to get out but part of the building was ravaged by the […]
There is currently work being conducted on the canal in the Yarborough area of Belize City. A number of piles are in the process of being laid as the Ministry of Works in collaboration with the Belize City Council is working overtime to further assist with flood mitigation efforts as well as proper drainage on […]
Staggering rainfall that lasted for some twelve hours caused intense flooding overnight in the western and southern parts of the country. By this morning, sections of the George Price Highway and the Hummingbird Highway were impassable as the water gushed across the thoroughfares, effectively disconnecting parts of the country and causing damage to the roads. […]
The water levels at the Macal River and Mopan River rose significantly; while the Belize and Sibun River was beginning to rise this afternoon. A number of families were displaced and had to seek refuge in shelters as water from flash floods washed through their homes and communities. Hard hit were several villages along the […]
Heading south, on the Hummingbird Highway, the water levels rose to dangerous levels. Construction work had to be halted and commuters heading into the Belmopan area could not make their way through as the force of the water caused debris to drift and obstruct the culvert. By some estimation, the water rose four feet high […]
The Accident and Emergency Wing of the Western Regional Hospital was also flooded today in the capital. This morning, images surfaced on social media of water flushing through that portion of the hospital. Regional Health Manager, Doctor Javier Zuniga told News Five that an overflowing drainage system to the rear of the building spilled in […]
In the west, flash floods also affected the area near Iguana Creek where the water was rising. Near the village of Buena Vista Village, roads there were rendered impassable by the flow of rushing waters. A resident of the area, Ramon Quiroz, provided us footage of the situation there this morning as the rising waters […]
This afternoon, Opposition Leader John Briceño said that his party is reaching out to all affected families in order to provide some sort of assistance to get them back on their feet. Commenting on the flash floods, which compromised the structural integrity of a portion of the George Price Highway, Briceño told News Five that […]
Back to the flooding…another community further south also experienced heavy flooding. Reports coming out Bella Vista on the Southern Highway are that several homes began to experience flooding as early as two in the morning. The village reportedly experienced heavy rainfall all of Wednesday and all through-out the night. About thirty seven families have been […]
So, as you heard so far there is flooding along the George Price, Hummingbird and Southern Highways. But moving north, there has been flooding for over two weeks. Several villages are still under water and although it is receding, NEMO District Coordinator, Elodio Aragon Senior says that they expect more flooding in the coming days […]
If you’re wondering what pushed all the rains over Belize in the past twenty-four hours, the National Met Service says it is just a tropical wave. These usually cross the country every three days but during the rainy season some waves are more likely to bring a little bit more activity with it and because […]
If you’re wondering if that is it for the floods, the Deputy Chief Meteorologist says you may want to be vigilant and keep informed with the latest weather updates. But there’s a silver lining on the rain clouds, the Met Service says that we’ll see improved weather conditions in the next two days. That won’t […]
A fire has left Louis Belisle – an undertaker in Belize City – homeless, but he says he is lucky to be alive today. Belisle’s house, in which he lived for the past twenty-two years, caught fire on Sunday morning while he was asleep. He barely managed to make it outside without any injuries, but […]
There was another fire in the city; this one happened after eleven on Saturday night on Kut Avenue. Fire officials say the fire wiped out a mobile home where a man was living part-time. Station Supervisor of the National Fire Service, Kenneth Mortis tells us that they know exactly what caused this fire. Kenneth […]
As much as twenty-two point two thousand acres of forests were affected by fires in three protected areas: Vaca Forest Reserve, Caracol Archaeological Reserve and the Chiquibul National Park this year. The F.C.D. carried out an analysis and found out that the extent of the fires set a record. The most affected area includes the […]
The Rio Hondo continues to rise tonight, as flooding within the Albion island areas, Douglas Village and downstream. According to the Hydrology Unit’s report, flood warning remains in effect for other communities along the river. It points out that the Blue Creek sub catchment of the Rio Hondo remains above the historically recorded hurricane Mitch […]
