24 hours ago, we were all in a state of tension, waiting for Tropical Storm Nana to make landfall. Well, she did, at midnight in the Stann Creek District. And, just like the forecasters predicted, Nana was upgraded to a category 1 hurricane just before landfall between Dangriga and Placencia near the villages of Hopkins and Sittee River. But, thankfully, it was a narrow storm, and the damaging winds did not extend very far from the centre. By 4:00 am - the worst of it had passed, and by 5:00 am, Nana had hightailed it to Guatemala.
And at around 9:00 this morning, NEMO declared an "All Clear" for the entire country. A green flag was flown to signal to all residents that the Hurricane Nana, threat had fully passed. Tonight, the storm has been reduced to a Tropical Depression and is on the border of Guatemala and Mexico, 220 miles west southwest of Belize City with winds of 35 miles per hour.
