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Smith advises people in flood-prone areas to seek higher ground early and to consider their cattle and pets in the process. He also informed that assessment teams from the B.D.F., Coast Guard and NEMO were already out taking note of how the floods have impacted people in the Belize Rural Central area, but the preliminary […]
Written on October 14, 2022 | Posted in
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On Thursday night, we aired the story of an oil spill at Westline Bus Company in Benque Viejo del Carmen. In the wake of the incident and the flooding, an advisory has been issued by the Department of Environment reiterating the protocols guiding the storage of industrial chemicals, pesticides and hazardous materials. Those guidelines are […]
Written on October 14, 2022 | Posted in
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Flood waters flowing from the Mopan River are moving down stream faster than what has been recorded in previous flooding, according to the National Hydrological Service. Principal Hydrologist Tennielle Hendy says that as recent as Wednesday, the hydrological station in Benque Viejo del Carmen recorded flood waters moving at very high velocities from neighboring Guatemala […]
Written on October 13, 2022 | Posted in
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Since Sunday, there have been waves of floodwaters moving through Belize’s river system. This explains why the floodwaters in the Mopan and Belize Rivers receded temporarily before rising once again. Principal Hydrologist Tennielle Hendy also addressed the concerns of residents living in the Belize River Valley, in light of the devastation caused by Hurricanes Iota […]
Written on October 13, 2022 | Posted in
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Calla Creek Village residents can now move freely to and from their community after Ministry of Infrastructure Development personnel went in to repair a damaged culvert. The village was cut off from the rest of the country for the past three days, after floodwaters destroyed the culvert. We heard from the District Technical Supervisor at […]
Written on October 13, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, News Five’s Duane Moody headed west to Benque Viejo del Carmen where a bus company and the Department of Environment have been tackling an oil spill at the entrance of the town. The incident has brought into sharp focus the environmental impacts associated with these types of occurrences, but also issues of improper storage […]
Written on October 13, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the Minister of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management joined a team from the National Emergency Management Organization on a flyover to observe the areas that are currently affected by severe flooding. The team included personnel from the Hydrology Unit, the Engineering Department and the ministries of Infrastructure Development and House and Agriculture. The […]
Written on October 12, 2022 | Posted in
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As of now, it is difficult to assess the financial damages. When the water subsides, a better assessment of the damages can be carried out. The flyover also took the team into the Mountain Pine Ridge area where the dams are spilling. Minister Orlando Habet says that as a country, we must learn from natural […]
Written on October 12, 2022 | Posted in
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News Five’s Duane Moody took a trip to the Belize River Valley area where the Belize River is already swelling and the banks being taken in by the rising water level. The entrance to Gracie Rock Village off the George Price Highway is under about a foot of water and continues to rise. This morning, […]
Written on October 12, 2022 | Posted in
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There was a daring rescue earlier today along the Coastal Road where a vehicle driver whose delivery truck was inundated by floodwater had to be saved from the raging current. It was a successful effort at saving the life of one individual. But tonight, other parts of the country remain submerged as flood waters are […]
Written on October 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Many vendors and business owners had to pack up their appliances and products and relocate to higher ground in an effort to minimize the damages associated with the flood. In this report from News Five’s Duane Moody, within a short period of doing interviews in downtown San Ignacio with business owners, the flood water entered […]
Written on October 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Flood waters from Mopan and Macal Rivers in the west will find their way down to the Belize District. And so, communities along the Belize River should be preparing for that eventuality. Over the weekend, water levels in Roaring Creek had already been rising. Again, it is not as devastating as 2020, but residents are […]
Written on October 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Residents living along the Belize River in the Belize District are being advised to seek higher grounds as flood waters from Cayo District are rapidly moving east. According to Lieutenant Colonel Shelton Defour, the Belize River Valley Area can expect a significant flooding event. Here is what he told reporters this evening via zoom, during […]
Written on October 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Tonight, Monkey River Village in southern Belize is only accessible by sea. Flood waters have completely cut off the village by land. And, while that is the situation those residents are faced with today, Monday brought its own set of challenges. High tides and rough sea conditions dealt a severe blow to residents living along […]
Written on October 11, 2022 | Posted in
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On Sunday evening in Belize City, a vortex in Lake-I destroyed several homes, as it made its way across part of the community. The neighborhood most impacted was the area near McKay Boulevard, where the whirlwind pulled apart roofs, knocked down fence and threatened to topple power lines. It came and went quickly and left […]
Written on October 11, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Agriculture has already sent out personnel to assess the agricultural damages associated with this weekend’s flooding. According to Minister Orlando Habet, flood waters will have to recede before the Government of Belize can calculate the value of the damages. But, what he did inform us is that losses are significant. Orlando […]
Written on October 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Late this evening, we heard from Chief Meteorologist Ronald Gordon on the overall impact of Tropical Storm Julia to Belize. He explained the severe weather that came with those outer bands throughout the weekend. Here is what he had to say via Zoom. Ronald Gordon, Chief Meteorologist “As we had expected, the outer bands […]
Written on October 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Hurricane Ian picked up strength overnight off the coast of West Florida. It made landfall near Cayo Costa, Florida this morning as a category four hurricane with maximum sustained winds of one hundred and five miles per hour. A number of communities south west of the coast, including Fort Myers Beach, Cape Coral, and Naples […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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In Cuba, millions are left without electricity after Hurricane Ian made landfall there on Tuesday, with heavy rains and winds of up to one hundred and twenty-five miles per hour. Two persons have been reported dead as a result of the hurricane. According to reports, one man was electrocuted as he tried to disconnect a […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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The National Fire Service has concluded its investigation into a fire near Holy Emmanuel Street in Belize City and the result points to an electrical flaw. Just before two o’clock, in the wee small hours of Thursday, as the Belisle family slept inside their homes in the family yard, a fire broke in the largest […]
Written on September 23, 2022 | Posted in
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And while Mortis was speaking with News Five, a team of firemen was deployed to Rockville at mile twenty-one on the George Price Highway where a concrete house was on fire. He gave us preliminary details of the fire. Kenneth Mortis, Station Supervisor, National Fire Service “This information has just been received to us […]
Written on September 23, 2022 | Posted in
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A fishing trip went wrong over the weekend in southern Belize and ended with the death of a young dancer. Twenty-four-year-old Jamire Borland was out with his brother and another friend on a makeshift raft off the coast of Cattle Landing when the vessel capsized. Borland’s brother and friend were able to make it to […]
Written on September 20, 2022 | Posted in
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A six point nine magnitude earthquake shook most of Taiwan on Saturday evening, leaving at least one person confirmed dead, buildings toppled, trains derailed, and persons trapped for hours. Reports are that the six point nine magnitude earthquake was the strongest of seventy-five quakes that shook the island’s south-eastern coast between Saturday evening and Sunday […]
Written on September 20, 2022 | Posted in
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A magnitude seven point six earthquake rocked western Mexico on Monday, killing two persons. The earthquake occurred on the same date as two previous temblors in Mexico – one in 1985 and the other in 2017. This is a country where an estimated six thousand Belizeans call home. Luckily, there have been no reports of […]
Written on September 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Ladyville tour guide and businessman, Benigno Betancourt, popularly known as Ben, met an untimely death on Saturday evening when he drowned while on an expedition in Gales Point Manatee Village. The forty-six-year-old had reportedly gone to spend the weekend with his family at the Manatee Lodge and went on a canoe on the lagoon. On […]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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