Earlier in the newscast, we showed you the effects of flooding in the Maypen Village. The situation is similar in the rest of the Belize District, with villagers needing boats to get to and from their homes.
NEMO has issued a flood warning for the district as well as Corozal, Cayo, and Orange Walk. Up until 6 last night, there were 57 people in shelters in Orange Walk; while in the Cayo District there were 88 persons from Calla Creek, 15 from San Ignacio and 86 from More Tomorrow.
That's a total of 288 persons in 14 shelters across 3 districts.
And, in Rural Belize, about 60 persons have had to be evacuated. Courtney Menzies visited various villages to see how they were coping.
The National Hydrological Service says that a FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RIVERS, STREAMS, CREEKS and WATERWAYS IN THE BELIZE, CENTRAL, and WESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY including - San Ignacio, Benque, Banana Bank, Double Run, Crooked Tree, Maypen, Lemonal, Rancho Dolores, Flowers Bank, Scotland Halfmoon, Boston, Lucky Strike, Rock Stone Pond, Lord's Bank, Burrell Boom, Grace Bank, Western Pines communities and Downstream to the coast - Belize City. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COMMUNITIES DOWNSTREAM ON THE RIO HONDO. (RESIDENTS IN THE DOWNSTREAM AREAS OF THE RIO HONDO (especially the Albion Island area) ARE TO REMAIN VIGILANT AS FLOOD WATERS FROM BLUE CREEK CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN.
