The rains have been incessant for weeks upon weeks. In the Belize River Valley, the Crooked Tree causeway is under water and residents, including students, have to be shuttled by boat. Food has run out, tourism activity is non-existent and now health problems are creeping up. The number of persons experiencing cough and athlete’s foot […]
Early this morning, a fire gutted a house in the King’s Park Area. Luckily no one was at home at the time of the blaze, but the family of four has lost thousands of dollars in personal effects at a time when two of their children are in school. Duane Moody headed to Lizarraga Avenue […]
For the past two weeks, heavy rains had been putting a damper on villages along the George Price Highway in the west. But one of the main effects of the constant downpour is that the waters run off to lower lying areas in the country. Rivers, lagoons and ponds begin to swell and as you […]
The rains are slowing down and in some areas, floodwaters are beginning to recede. In other areas, residents are having a hard time getting in and out of their houses. Gracie Rock off the George Price Highway experienced severe flooding and in one section of the village, residents are maneuvering through the water with canoes […]
The lifeless body of sixty-five year old Carlos Valdez has been recovered from the Mopan River, following a massive search effort by family and friends since the canoe he was traveling in capsized on Monday. Valdez, a resident of Benque Viejo del Carmen, and a fellow farmer were crossing the river shortly after ten o’clock […]
A search is underway in the Mopan River near Succotz for the body of a sixty-five year old resident who died while crossing the river. Carlos Valdez and his family would traverse the river as a way of life, but the rising river levels would devour him on Monday morning. He was swept away when […]
The torrential rains over the weekend affected southern and western communities where water levels rose significantly. The flooding has already taken one life. In Succotz, a man, sixty-five year old Carlos Valdez died after his dorey capsized while crossing the river and we’ll bring you all the details of that story on Tuesday. News Five […]
In the early hours of this morning, a small house in the Antelope Street Extension area of Belize City was engulfed in flames. The Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire before it could spread to neighboring houses. Shortly after, they made the gruesome discovery of a body inside the home, burnt beyond recognition. The […]
The waters of the Rio Hondo continue to rise, creating serious problems for communities along its banks. In the rural community of San Antonio, located just twenty minutes from Orange Walk Town, the road has been impassable to regular traffic for a week now. Residents are not unduly fazed just yet. Flooding is seasonal, and […]
Last week, News Five was in rural Orange Walk where communities on the banks of the Rio Hondo were experiencing signs of imminent flooding. In San Antonio, just twenty minutes out of Orange Walk Town, the road was already under two feet of water in some spots and rising. The rains continued to fall late […]
While the rains are wreaking havoc in rural communities, they are also having dire effect on the industry which is the lifeblood of the north. For the past two years the sugar cane industry has recorded banner crops in terms of production, quality and milling. It is in the interests of all the players in […]
Residents of Consejo Shores in the Corozal District are tonight complaining about the deplorable road condition and sanitation problems they are presently facing, as a result of heavy rains in the north recently. Footage provided by Carol Wildman shows that flooding in the area has caused waste at the nearby dumpsite to spill on to […]
Water rose up to seven inches in the area of the Belize Zoo on the George Price Highway this morning. Students and other commutes were forced to exit their transport and walk through the water to be able to continue their journey. The incessant rains have caused flooding in many areas, but it is a […]
The incessant rains also continue to fall over the north or the country, and the waters of the Rio Hondo are rising. In the municipalities that can be an inconvenience, but in rural communities it can spell disaster. Currently, authorities are closely monitoring the situation in three villages in the Orange Walk District which are […]
As we have been reporting, the persistent rains have dropped a couple of inches of water in many houses and yards around the City. The situation has become unbearable for many residents whose furniture and other household effects have been damaged. The lack or blockage of drains caused the water line to rise. Affected residents […]
In many areas of the City, residents are pulling out their rubber boots so they can exit or access their homes. The heavy rains in the past couple days have caused flooding and there is still more rain predicted for the weekend. The problem seems to be that while residents can boast about beautiful new […]
At the press conference at which the signage project was discussed, the Belize City Emergency Management Organization also said that it has sprung into action following the heavy rains on Tuesday night which flooded parts of the city. The rains are being caused by a broad area of low pressure moving across the country. According […]
The past twenty-four hours in Belize have been wet ones, with rains beating most of the country for hours at a time. Aside from the City, there has been flooding in different districts to different extents. One of the districts which is always prone to flooding is Dangriga, and particularly Dangriga Town, where specific parts […]
As Swaso mentioned, there is precedent to the serious flooding of that southern district. In fact, News Five was in that area in June, when Tropical Depression number two resulted in massive flooding not only within the town, but also in the outlying communities of Hope Creek and Sarawee. At the time the damage resulting […]
Two toddlers were pulled out of a house engulfed in a blazing fire this morning in the Lake Independence area. The two children, one four and the other three years old, were home alone in an apartment when the fire erupted. The father was at work and the mother had left them briefly to run […]
It has been two days since a major fire destroyed Ramon’s Village Resort in San Pedro Town…and the hotel’s management is wasting no time in picking up the pieces. Hotelier, Richard Hedrick, flew in from the United States today to assess damages and meet with his staff to discuss the way forward. News Five understands […]
Ramon’s Village Resort is a landmark in the prime tourism destination of San Pedro, but a huge fire on Tuesday night swept through the iconic resort destroying almost fifty percent of the cabanas. It is one of the most destructive fires on the island and millions of dollars went up in smoke in a matter […]
Earlier today, we caught up with the Minister of Tourism, Manuel Heredia Jr., a resident of San Pedro Town. Heredia Junior commented on the huge loss to tourism and the efforts by hoteliers on the island, as well as the Belize Tourism Board to assist guests of Ramon’s Village Resort who were affected by the […]
After scouring the Old Belize River since Sunday night, the body of a seven year old girl was found this morning. The Sand Hill school girl was at a birthday celebration at Isabella Bank when she fell into the river. This morning her body was found under a tree about half mile away in Flowers […]
The Punta Gorda Magistrate Court closed today for proceedings as the Fire Department investigates the origins of a blaze. Officers on patrol of the area came across the blaze at about two-thirty this morning. The fire gutted the administrative offices and has caused a major disruption to the work of the lower court, but fortunately […]
