But there are organizations that have stepped up in trying times and we have come to rely on The Belize Red Cross. This time has been no different. This afternoon Communications Officer, Raphael Martinez, told us where and how they are assisting residents. Raphael Martinez, Communications Officer, Bz. Red Cross “Today we have sixteen volunteers […]
Around the country, there are many touching stories of how the flooding has disrupted life in communities from the south all the way to the north. Waters are beginning to go down slowly in some communities and the process of recovery is underway following the torrential rains in the past week. Rural areas in the […]
The District Emergency Committee in the Orange Walk District is in full gear to deal with the flooding in that area. When we spoke with District Coordinator Elodio Aragon this morning, fifty-four residents were already seeking shelter in the Multi-purpose Complex. The thirty-two children and twenty-two adults were evacuated from communities such as Smithsonian, Louisiana, […]
Preliminary figures have been tabulated and they stand at around fifteen million in damages to infrastructure and losses in the agricultural sector, so far. The flooding that started in the south, stretched to the west and is now hitting hard the central and northern regions, began last week Thursday and today P.M. Barrow finally said […]
The news is not only about the rising waters, but now a picture of the economic impact is beginning to emerge. Communities in the Belize River Valley are losing crops and livestock due to the persistent rising flood waters as we found out in Crooked Tree and Maypen Villages. Some acted in the nick of […]
More Tomorrow is a village off the Western Highway with a population of one hundred and fifty-five people springing from thirty-two families. The village is bounded by the Old Belize River and is one of the oldest villages in Belize. Most of the news of the flooding is now focusing in Belize River Valley but […]
In Tuesday’s newscast residents in various areas of Belize City were complaining of the terrible conditions of the flood-prone streets. Today we caught up with Mayor Zenaida Moya and Anthony “Boots” Martinez and asked them when and if the problems will be rectified. According to the Mayor, they are assessing the damage to the streets […]
The heavy rains may be over in the Cayo District, where millions of gallons of water flooded and ravaged the infrastructure in the district over the past weekend and yesterday, as the remnants of a depression in the region made its way across the west. Waters are slowly receding but the area is still under […]
The rains are also affecting other parts of the Belize District and we found the Gracie Rock Village, which is located off the Western Highway, under threat tonight. A News Five crew dispatched to the village found streets submerged in over five feet of water from the overflowing Sibun River. There was no way of […]
We found other villages along the western highway where rivers and lagoons are at extreme levels. Between miles eight and nine the roads are inundated and it is forecasted that the waters will conjoin its savannahs. The run-offs and the water rushes from the west of the country are flowing downwards into the rivers and […]
There is plenty news to report tonight but we start first with the persistent rains over the weekend. There is severe flooding in the west and it looks like few will be spared by tropical depression sixteen that dissipated last Thursday but its remnants are sweeping across Belize. Moving from the south and now heading […]
With the system moving slowly, the west was the hardest hit and there was water everywhere—in some areas the highest to be seen in years—paralyzing businesses and interrupting the daily commute. Schools closed and the new public transportation system which in fact came into effect on Sunday was brought to a standstill as the water […]
Waters are slowly receding in western Belize and the deluge is now moving north. Residents along the Belize River Valley and other areas are in full preparation for what can be expected in the next few days. Kendra Griffith reports from Crooked Tree. Kendra Griffith, Reporting The usual sound of waves lapping against the shore […]
It is still too early to determine costs in damages to residents and businesses, primarily in the agricultural sector, in the short and long term. But it is known that the losses of revenue to the service and tourism sectors are still mounting in the Cayo district and are expected to be quite substantial as […]
Tropical Depression Number sixteen dissipated in Central Guatemala and western Nicaragua on Thursday causing torrential rains throughout the region where it is reported that four persons died in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras and over one hundred and fifty thousand persons were evacuated. In Belize, a tropical storm watch was called off on Tuesday but […]
News Five’s Duane Moody criss-crossed the northern and western highways and brings a report from affected areas in Crooked Tree Village and the Cayo District where the Chalillo dam is overflowing and flood waters are rising in low-lying areas. Duane Moody, Reporting Crooked Tree Village is prone to flooding, water levels of the lagoon were […]
And there is word from BECOL that the Chalillo Dam has reached full supply level and that water is overflowing by eleven and a half feet. According to BECOL, while the control features of the facility have reduced the impact of flooding, it expects that the spill over the dam will continue to rise if […]
Tropical depression number sixteen is now behind us but it doesn’t mean we are out of the woods. The National Emergency Management Organisation says that the tropical depression has weakened as it moves over Central Guatemala and Western Nicaragua. That is the good news. The bad news is that the system will continue to dump […]
Southern Belize is bracing for heavy rains from an erratic weather pattern meandering on the northern tip of Honduras. While Tropical Depression number sixteen has already crossed over land, it has regained speed and up to three o’clock this afternoon forecasters were trying to determine its future movements over the next twenty-four hours. Southern Belize […]
But while the residents were busy packing up, officials of the National Emergency Management Organisation were on alert, ready to spring into full action. Ramon Frutos, Acting Chief Met Officer “The centre has now moved or drifted slightly inland over north-eastern Honduras and the projection is that it will continue to move westwards but the […]
And as the tropical depression sits on Honduras and residents prepare school schedules are being affected. So will there be classes on Thursday? That is the question that students all over the country have been asking their teachers since the announcement of tropical depression number sixteen. Well, the answer is yes and no; depending on […]
Since the beginning of October, Belizeans have been keeping their fingers crossed hoping that the month would pass quickly without any threats from natural disasters. Today it appears it’s not meant to be as around nine this morning tropical depression number sixteen formed just off the coast of Honduras and heading to southern Belize. According […]
There were two fires over the weekend. In Belize City a Sunday afternoon blaze on Freetown Road caused a scare in the neighbourhood when it came very close to a drug store. The fire reportedly started shortly before three p.m. at an abandoned wooden house at the corner of Kelly Street and Freetown Road and […]
And from Belize City to Orange Walk Town where a mid-morning fire took the life of a little girl. Four year old, Ellyahnah Guy perished in the flames that started in her bedroom located on the southwest corner of the house. Her parents and siblings were all at home when they received a call from […]
There is no shortage of news from the opposition People’s United Party which today issued a release expressing its concern to the governments of Cuba and Haiti over the loss they experienced as a result of Hurricane Gustav, Hanna and Ike. In Cuba, four lives were lost while over three hundred and twenty thousand homes […]
