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An ongoing assessment to determine the extent of damage caused by Hurricane Lisa has seen a number of government and non-government agencies coming together to evaluate the losses in dollars and cents. Today, we visited several businesses and homes on both sides of the Haulover Creek and what we saw is nothing short of dreadful. […]
Written on November 4, 2022 | Posted in
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We also caught up with Public Service Minister and Fort George Area Representative Henry Charles Usher today. On Wednesday, we captured images of how the coastline in that division was inundated and also getting battered by gusty winds from Hurricane Lisa. Over a hundred houses damaged, fifteen flattened, Usher says that there is serious work […]
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The ongoing assessments will probably lead into much of this month, as NEMO tries to assist everyone who suffered losses and damages due to Hurricane Lisa. Today News Five’s Marion Ali discovered that even as the storm was wreaking havoc in Belize City, it was demolishing homes sixteen miles away in Hattieville. Marion Ali, […]
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The Belize Red Cross has commenced its operations in Belize City. Yesterday, Red Cross volunteers were out in the Jane Usher Boulevard area providing tarps to homeowners whose roofs were damaged by Hurricane Lisa. They also provided residents with medical supplies. Today, those volunteers were out again, this time in the Gungulung Area, assessing damages […]
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Even though Hurricane Lisa is history, after-effects from the storm can still impact us negatively, as in the water we drink. So today, we spoke with the Ministry of Health’s Principal Public Health Inspector, John Bodden to find out how best to treat the water we are suspicious about. John Bodden, Principal Public Health […]
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But water safety is not the only thing we need to worry about after a storm. According to Bodden, aside from trying to avoid mosquitoes that will be attracted to stagnant water, and the diseases they can infect us with, the food we eat can also be contaminated by its surroundings. John Bodden, Principal […]
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Classes across the country are scheduled to resume on Monday, according to the Minister of Education. Today, a number of schools in Belize City had their teaching staff and students report to school to assist in cleanup efforts. At least three high schools in the city have reported some form of damage to their structures. […]
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An assessment was conducted in mid-October to determine the damages caused to crops by flooding along Belize’s river system. Viewers will recall that only a few weeks ago, Hurricane Julia brought heavy rainfall to portions of Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. All that flood water coursed through Belize’s waterways causing severe flooding in communities along river […]
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A large amount of households are still without electricity, following the impact of Hurricane Lisa. Belize Electricity Limited has its personnel working throughout the night in an attempt to restore power as quickly as possible to majority of those affected. While the aim is for the complete restoration by Sunday, B.E.L.’s Vonetta Burrell told the […]
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B.E.L.’s Corporate Communications Manager Vonetta Burrell also gave an update on the restoration of power in the Cayo District. For the most part, while power has been fully restored out west, she clarifies that there are some individual homes that have still not been reconnected. The issue of one side of the street having current […]
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We continue to bring you coverage of the catastrophe brought about by Hurricane Lisa and the humanitarian and relief efforts currently ongoing. Tonight we bring you a story of an animal rescue in the midst of raging winds and rains on Wednesday evening. One Belize City businessman put his life at risk in a category […]
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Belize City has been racked by Hurricane Lisa. Homes and businesses have been destroyed by the sheer force of winds that cut swaths through buildings big and small. Twenty-four hours ago, the Old Capital was battered by heavy rains and violent winds, as the severe weather system made landfall south of this municipality. Residents hunkered […]
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Residents of south side Belize City are among the most affected by Hurricane Lisa. Today, residents from Freetown, Lake Independence, and Port Loyola were out picking up the pieces in an attempt to return to some sense of normalcy. Roofs and zincs were tossed in all directions. Trees and branches littered roadways. Power lines prevented […]
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Stores and offices, as well as other business places, were also destroyed by the tempest. We drove around Belize City this morning and observed proprietors of various establishments cleaning up and piecing together what is left of their businesses. B.T.L. Park, a popular location where families recreate on weekends, is in a state of ruin. […]
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In Ladyville, only one of three designated shelters was opened to residents who left their homes to weather the storm at the Ladyville Community Center. At this time, the numbers have reduced from the seventy-five persons who sought refuge, as some families returned home to clean up and assess damages. There are others that have […]
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Hurricane shelters remained open across Belize City today for residence whose homes have been completely destroyed. Prime Minister Briceño confirmed earlier that two hundred and seventy-eight persons are in shelters across the country. As of midday, thirty- two individuals from the Gungulung community remained in shelter at Saint Luke Methodist Primary School on Mahogany Street. […]
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The quantum that will have to be spent to assist hurricane victims to recover their losses will no doubt be in the tens of millions of dollars. Almost every street in Belize City had at least one property that suffered some damage of loss due to the storm. And in the Belama Phase Four area, […]
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The devastation is not limited to Belize City; it also extends through the central corridor of the country. Rural Belize District also got the brunt of the storm, in terms of winds. In some areas, water levels rose dangerously high into homes. In the Vista del Mar community in Ladyville, water rose about six feet […]
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The hot topic among developing countries is the entire issue of climate change and the green gas emissions that bigger countries contribute to the ozone layer. At last year’s Climate Change conference in Scotland, the concern among small countries that do not create much pollution is that we become the most vulnerable by the effects […]
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Lisa dumped at least seven inches of rainfall over Belize City and storm surges affected communities along the Philip Goldson highway and Vista del Mar. According to Chief Met Officer Ronald Gordon, there was evidence that the flood brought debris from the sea all the way onto the highway. There were many homes in the […]
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Today, News Five caught up with Belize Rural Central Area Representative Dolores Balderamos-Garcia as she canvassed her constituency looking at the damage on the ground. She contends that her division was just as severely impacted as Belize City, particularly the Vista del Mar community and Lord’s Bank Village. The Minister of Human Development told News […]
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Now that the hurricane has passed, and water supply has been partially restored, the question people are asking is when the power supply will be restored in their area. NEMO Coordinator, retired Colonel Shelton Defour explained that is up to the electricity provider. But while B.E.L works to restore the country to the national grid […]
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Portions of the country tonight remain without electricity and it is estimated that power will be restored fully until Sunday. Personnel from Belize Electricity Limited have been out from early working on the restoration of current, as there are many power lines stretched across streets, lampposts snapped in two or bent over as a result […]
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There is a six-step process that is undertaken by the utility company to see that power producers are restored, transmission lines repaired and substations brought back online for power to reach local distribution lines. Thereafter, power is restored to essential services and facilities, followed by large service areas or neighbourhoods and then individual homes. But […]
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Tropical Storm Lisa will make landfall in Belize on Wednesday evening and all preparations are underway ahead of its arrival. The National Emergency Management Organization is in high gear and has been meeting with all relevant government agencies in an effort to synchronize its operations once the category one hurricane gets here. Earlier today, we […]
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