Hurricane Earl drenched Belize on Wednesday night packing ferocious winds of up to eighty miles per hour. The hurricane made landfall after midnight near Belize City and moved westward. The city and the rest of the Belize District felt the full brunt of the storm which caused water levels to rise significantly. Residents experienced water […]
Today, the Belize City Council mobilized immediately after the hurricane and began cleanup efforts in the Old Capital. Debris, trees, zinc from roofs and other objects are littering the streets. Mayor Darrell Bradley says that with help from the B.D.F., the city will return to normalcy. Darrell Bradley, Belize City Mayor “If you could […]
City folks began bracing up for the storm since Wednesday morning. Visitors evacuated the islands. Hundreds moved to shelters in both the north and south sides of the city. More than a thousand persons left their homes for safer ground. But many others chose to remain where they were, putting their lives at risk when […]
The weather system also caused three barges to run aground near the Belize City harbor. This morning, the B.S.I. vessel collided near the Baron Bliss Lighthouse and remained there until just before midday when the Swing Bridge was swung to allow for a tugboat to pull the barge away. CEMO Coordinator Phillip Willoughby told News […]
Also hard hit were communities north of Belize City, including Vista Del Mar and Ladyville. Who would have believed that a category one storm, and barely that, could have wreaked such havoc – winds with the intensity to tear off roofs and bring down homes, and surges of five feet plus in certain areas? By […]
The Belize River Valley also experienced the downpour of the hurricane and residents are not bracing for impending floods. Like in other communities in the path of Earl, damages were sustained to houses and livestock and there is the potential for further losses as the days go by. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani […]
Today, Prime Minister Dean Barrow called a press conference to update the public on all things Earl – from the damage caused in various sectors to the appeal for relief. He started, quite rightly, by paying tribute to stakeholders who played a vital role before and during the storm, particularly the Police Department, B.D.F. and […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow explained that while Area Representatives across the political board will be used for input, no money will be given to them to disburse. All beneficiaries will be handled through NEMO. In addition and parallel to that short-term assistance, GOB will be looking at aid from the international community. Prime Minister […]
Barnett explained the process and plan which will be immediately implemented to ensure that Belize has the ability to access aid relief from our international partners. Carla Barnett, Senator “What we will be setting out to do is to ensure that the relief part of what needs to be done, which is the immediate […]
Even as Belizeans work to recover from the impact of a storm which was much stronger than expected, there is more bad news to contemplate. There’s water heading our way – a lot of it, and it’s going to result in massive flooding in the Belize River Valley and Belize City, already reeling from the […]
