A fast food restaurant on La Isla Bonita was gutted by fire on Boxing Day. The blaze erupted at around four-thirty in the afternoon and is believed to have originated in the kitchen of Judy’s Fast Food and Bar. This video, which was posted on YouTube, shows the San Pedro Fire Department hard at work […]
The 2010 hurricane season officially ends today. During the months of June to November, there were three scares but the category one hurricane called Richard hit Belize hard when it was least expected. Millions of dollars were racked up in damages and there was loss of life. The worst is over and News Five’ Delahnie […]
It has been three weeks since Hurricane Richard pummeled the central portion of Belize, downing trees and poles, toppling houses and ripping up crops. And in the weeks that have followed, victims have been critical of what they term as the slow response from the government and the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, in distributing […]
Every day we come across families that have been battered by Hurricane Richard. Some are on the road to recovery while others have not been able to begin to rebuild their lives. The wellbeing of one Hattieville family is now complicated by the frequent rains. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting There are […]
The process of restoring and rebuilding areas affected by hurricane Richard will continue for some time and patience is wearing thin for the victims. The Hattieville community was smack in the eye of the storm; hundreds were displaced and for two residents who lost everything, their pleas for help have fallen on deaf ears. News […]
Tragedy struck today for five families on Central American Boulevard. They were just beginning to recover from hurricane Richard when a midday fire spread quickly to destroy the landmark house that was situated dangerously close to a cluster of other houses in the same yard. The blaze started from the upper flat of the two […]
Hurricane Richard has come and gone. So far the devastation is more than fifty million dollars and its blast was fatal for at least two persons. For the category one hurricane on October twenty-fourth, it was more destructive than anticipated. The state of homelessness is aggravated by a sense of despair, many are crying out […]
Earlier in the newscast we told you about families in the Ladyville area that are struggling from the destruction of Hurricane Richard. Elsewhere in the Belize District, residents of Gracie Rock are still in shelters while the community of Freetown Sibun has lost their main source of income. News Five’s Marion Ali has the story […]
The official estimate of the damages of Hurricane Richard has now increased to close to fifty million dollars. The latest assessment says that damage to housing is fourteen point five million dollars and to agriculture, the figure is thirty-four point seven million dollars. The destructive force of the hurricane displaced many families in the south […]
The stories and struggles of Richard’s victims are telling. The poverty levels have plunged even lower and many families in the Yarbrough area are managing without basic amenities. Food and shelter are huge concerns after the devastation. The families are clinging together and desperately need assistance. News Five’s Jose Sanchez caught up today with the […]
You’ve seen the hardships for families living in tents in the Yarborough area of the Belize City but the human suffering extends to other areas. Our news crew was in Hattieville today, a community that felt the fury of the category one natural disaster. It is five days after the storm and we found a […]
When Hurricane Richard battered the central and southern districts on Sunday, thousands were affected in some form or the other. Gales Point Manatee in southern Belize District was immediately in the eye of the storm; the hurricane force winds and rains toppled houses and uprooted foliage. Many of the residents decided to brave the storm […]
We’ve reported extensively on the many victims whose lives were interrupted by the passage of Hurricane Richard. At least two hundred houses were devastated by the ferocious storm on Sunday night. Many families are starting over while others are making good on the little that was left behind. Earlier today, News Five’s Delahnie Bain took […]
Hurricane Richard turned out to be fatal. There’s loss of life and extensive destruction in areas that felt the full wrath of the Category One Hurricane on Sunday. The swaths of winds caused houses and trees to collapse and debris is cluttering streets and roads. In the City residents are attempting to restore some normalcy […]
On the Western Highway, communities are showing signs of desperation in the aftermath of Hurricane Richard. Most residents of La Democracia were ill prepared for the ravages of the hurricane and today as they attempt to recover, they remain without electricity and water is hard to come by. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, […]
Hurricane Richard has long gone, and as we have reported, it left a trail of massive devastation and human suffering. In Hattieville, the recovery will take some time after the heavy rains and hurricane force winds whipped the community ripping roofs from houses and knocking down trees and electricity lines. On Monday, we found residents […]
The recovery efforts are now kicking in. The destruction in the city is estimated to be about one million dollars, but that figure is expected to increase when a thorough assessment is completed. Our good neighbors up north in Quintana Roo have stepped to the plate and the Belize Council today received four of six […]
According to the Mayor, priority assistance will be given to persons that lost all their belongings when their houses crumbled from the hurricane winds. Residents in Cesar Ridge, Jane Usher Boulevard, Belama and Southern Foreshore will be the first to get help since they were the hardest hit in the city. The Mayor says the […]
A house occupied by Edgil Villafranco on Coffin Street in Belize City withstood the wrath of Hurricane Richard this past weekend. But today Villafranco was at work when he got word that his house was destroyed in another type of disaster. At around eleven this morning, shortly after electricity was restored in the area, a […]
But in the city, victim’s of Sunday’s hurricane lined up today for assistance. A team from the Belize Red Cross meandered through the clutter and debris in the Yarborough area and started handing out supplies to the most affected victims, many who have been left homeless. But as incredible as their need is, some residents […]
Over the past weekend, the nation held its collective breath in anticipation of Hurricane Richard, the first to hit Belize for this 2010 season. Many residents did not appear overly concerned; perhaps because of two recent threats that did not come to pass. But by Saturday it was abundantly clear that Richard was heading directly […]
But the worst was yet to come. Twenty-four hours after the passage of Richard, the picture of the devastation began to emerge. The Category one hurricane slammed into Belize City with a vengeance. The hurricane force winds caused the collapse of wooden houses throughout the city. Trees tumbled atop some houses or fell across streets, […]
We’re joined on set by William Neal, also my co-host on Open Your Eyes. William did a fly-over earlier today of the affected areas in the central and southern regions of Belize. William Neal “You get an idea of the devastation in small shots when you are on the ground. But it gives you a […]
Hurricane Richard did not spare the Belize District. After winds measuring up to ninety-five miles per hour hit the coast, many hoped that it would subside after passing Belize City but the most powerful bands of the hurricane slammed parts of Hattieville, some fifteen miles on the Western Highway. The devastation covered the entire village; […]
Richard made landfall about twenty miles south southwest of Belize City. The hurricane winds extended up to fifteen miles from its centre. In the Capital, where the National Emergency Management Organization is headquartered, the full force of Richard was felt at around eight o’clock. The rains continued throughout the night but by the crack of […]
