The Public Information Officer for the Cayo District’s DEMO Pablo Chan says 90 people are still in shelters and search and rescue continues. He says the waters are slowly going back to normal but Cayo is a long way from normal.
Pablo Chan, NEMO Cayo
“The water is slowly going down and we have still deployed the search and rescue team in the various areas that have been affected, that is Bullet Tree, Calla Creek, and Succotz area.”
Keith Swift,
How many people are in shelters?
Pablo Chan,
“Here at San Ignacio ITVET we have 90 people sheltered, mainly from Bullet Tree and Calla Creek Village.”
Keith Swift,
When do you see those people being able to go home?
Pablo Chan,
“At the moment we cannot say because the weather still continues the way it has been. We have showers every now and then.”
Keith Swift,
Are you still conducting assessments?
Pablo Chan,
“Yes we have boats that are going around assisting people. In fact as we receive calls from people that have been stranded, if we haven’t heard from them, we try to respond immediately.”
Another priority of NEMO is getting food and potable drinking water to those in need. In most cases that has to be done by boat since in both Calla Creek and Bullet Tree Falls there are some areas still only accessible by water. We’ll have much more on the floods coming up later as Jacqueline Godwin will take you into the Belize River Valley.
