Though the floodwaters in the Belize River Valley have begun to recede, it's now revealing the true extent of the losses for these communities who live off the land.
Most prominently, the Cattle farmers within these rural areas have been dealing with the brunt of the flooding, losing tens of thousands of dollars in livestock, finding dozens of their cows dead from being washed away in the flood.
We ventured deep into Maypen village in the Belize District with a seasoned cattleman, Clifford Moody, who gave us a deeper look into the staggering reality of his dying stock. He's already lost one hundred thousand dollars in cattle - and still has scores more he's trying to save roaming from Black Creek to Flowers Bank. Moody says the problem isn't moving the cows before the river rises, it's finding another higher piece of land for them where they will be safe.
Clifford Moody, Cattle Farmer
"I'm going to give you a figure at least 100K worth of Cattle dead from this flood."
JO-
"So Mr Moody your solution to this is you need another piece of land?"
Clifford Moody, Cattle Farmer
"Yes higher land, so before the flood comes we have a place to move to because after the flood comes everything becomes hectic. You got to put them in the water, pull them down, some drown. Its just terrible. If I get a piece of land then we know that at a certain time of the year we are going to get water. So we will back up our trailer and you move them before the water comes and nobody has to be involved. You understand not the government or nobody."
JO-
"Is it that you didn't have time to move them this time of year?"
Clifford Moody, Cattle Farmer
"We had time to move them but where to? Thats the main thing where are we going to move to?"
After themselves ending up in the water when their canoe capsized - our team got back this evening and we'll have the full story for you tomorrow.
