Category: Weather News
Hurricane season ends
The 2011 Hurricane Season ended today. And while the country was spared the ravages of mother nature this year, the next six months should be enough time to tweak individual emergency plans for the 2012 season. Love TV’s Marion Ali reports.
Remembering Hurricane Hattie
Today the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most destructive hurricanes to make landfall in Belize. Love TV’s Natalie Novelo reports.
What caused Rina to run out of steam?
Things have returned to normal following the mass evacuation of offshore islands in anticipation of the effects of Hurricane Rina. The National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO facilitated the mobilization of resources to ferry evacuees back to their respective islands this morning. For a look at what led to the demise of Hurricane Rina, here is [...]
New River rising; Deputy PM says monitoring continues
Residents of San Roman and San Antonio Villages in the Orange Walk District are keeping a close watch on the New River as it continues to rise. Orange Walk North Area Representative Gaspar Vega says that they are monitoring the situation to ensure the safety of all residents in these areas. That was Orange Walk [...]
CEMO prepares; but Rina goes away
Earlier in this newscast we told you about the ALL CLEAR being issued by NEMO this afternoon. Throughout the day City officials were hard at work prepared for the possibility of housing people who needed shelter from the Hurricane. Love TV’s Marion Ali reports.
All clear declared, Hurricane no longer a threat to Belize
Twenty four hours ago the nation was in the throes of preparation for the onslaught of what was predicted to be a monster hurricane. Tonight the news is that Rina is no longer a threat to Belize. At four o’clock this afternoon the National Emergency Management Organization declared the ALL CLEAR. As a result classes [...]
Suspended classes expected to resume on Thursday
National Emergency Coordinator Noreen Fairweather says classes are expected to resume on Thursday. Fairweather did not go into specifics, but with only the Corozal district remaining a going concern, it appears that the resumption of classes will be only for the Orange Walk, Belize and Cayo districts. We await further update from NEMO.
NEMO prepares to return evacuees to their homes
The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has suspended shelter occupation in the Orange Walk district since Hurricane Rina has weakened and no longer poses a significant threat to Belize. National Emergency Coordinator Noreen Fairweather says that people who were evacuated from the cayes and who were being sheltered in Belmopan will be taken back to [...]
NEMO suspends coastal evacuations
The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has just announced that the evacuation of residents from coastal islands have ended. This is because the weakened Hurricane Rina poses less of a threat to Belize. National Emergency Coordinator Noreen Fairweather says that with the diminised theat, the Corozal district remains the only area of major concern due [...]
Hurricane Rina downgraded
The latest advisory from the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre indicates that Hurricane Rina has been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane. According to the midday (Belize time) report, Hurricane Rina is now locted at 18.1 North and 85.8 West, or about 165 miles south southeast of Chetmal, Mexico. Hurricane Rina now has maximum sustained winds [...]
NEMO UPDATES EVACUATION SCHEDULE
NEMO PUBLIC BULLETIN #6 At 6:00am the center of Hurricane Rina was located near 17.6 N, Latitude and 85.3 W, Longitude or about 198 miles east of Belize. Hurricane Rina is heading west at 4 mph with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. Tropical Storm force winds extends out to 115 miles and Hurricane Force [...]
Evacuations start as Hurricane Rina nears the Yucatan
Tonight all eyes remain focused on monitoring the progress of Hurricane Rina. The Category two hurricane is just on the verge of becoming the fourth major hurricane of the 2011 season and is currently carrying maximum sustained winds of one hundred and fifteen miles per hour. The hurricane is making a slow trek towards the [...]
Voluntary evacuations start as Hurricane Rina heads towards Yucatan Peninsula
The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) met early this morning as the nation continues to monitor the progress of Hurricane Rina. According to the latest NEMO bulletin, at 9:00am the center of Hurricane Rina was located near 17.4 N, Latitude and 83.9 W, Longitude or about 284 miles east of Belize. Hurricane Rina is heading [...]
NEMO puts Belize under Hurricane watch
There was a lot of bloodshed over the weekend as no less than three separate shooting incidents have left one dead and three injured. We’ll get to those shortly but first … Hurricane Rina. The system went from a Tropical Disturbance to a Hurricane in less than twenty four hours. And forecasters believe that the [...]
Hurricane Rina bears watching
All eyes in Belize remain on Hurricane Rina. The National Emergency Management Organization has placed Belize’s coastline from Belize City northward to the Belize-Mexico border under a Hurricane Watch. Here is the latest from the National Hurricane Centre in Miami.
Weather man explains thunderstorm activity
The wind gusts from Tuesday night’s thunderstorm were not the only things causing damages. There have also been reports of lightning strikes, one of which damaged an electrical transformer, plunging parts of the Stann Creek district into extended blackout. Today Love News visited the National Meteorological Service to find out what is causing the severe [...]
Thunderstorm blows down house with occupants inside
A Belize City woman was scared out of her wits when a strong gust of wind blew down her house which stood about twenty feet high. The homeowner, Cherry Tasher, told Love News that she had just gotten up when she felt the breeze and then everything came crashing down.
Here comes Harvey
The country of Belize is under a Tropical Storm Warning. That is because Hurricane Season’s eighth named storm is bearing down on the jewel. At three o’clock this afternoon the storm was located near sixteen point five degrees north latitude and eighty four point seven degrees west longitude. That is about two hundred and forty [...]
TD8 near the Honduran coast; Belize next
At 6 o’clock this morning, the centre of Tropical Depression 8 was located about 330 miles east south east of Belize City. On the tracking map, that is 15.6 degrees North and 83.7 degrees West. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 miles per hour. TD8 is moving west at 12 miles per hour. The minimum [...]
All eyes on approaching Tropical Wave
The tropics is a busy place tonight stretching from the coast of Africa to the Pacific Ocean. As this satellite picture shows, five Tropical systems, including two hurricanes are visible almost in a straight line. Of course the feature that is of immediate concern to Belize is the strong Tropical Wave that is about five [...]
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