At 6:00 pm, the storm was 415 miles east of Isla de Providencia Colombia. That - and its sister island, San Andres are just off the coast of Nicaragua and tonight - they are bracing to be the first to feel the effects of the storm.
Now, if you know anything about San Andreas - even though it is a Colombian territory - you will know that it has cultural and historical ties to Belize, because it is an English and krill speaking country that was originally settled by the British.
Today, we asked the Fire Chief for both islands - who is in charge of all emergency management issues how they are bracing for the storm:
Willie Gordon Bryan, Fire Choef. San Andres Colombia
"We are working forward in different types of prevention to receive this storm. I hope the Lord protect us and tomorrow in the evening hours and Sunday morning we are going to get effect."
Jules Vasquez
"When it passes over you guys, will it be a hurricane? You all expect it to be a hurricane or still a tropical storm?"
Willie Gordon Bryan
"Hurricane category 1."
Jules Vasquez
"You must be nervous for your community and for your own family."
Willie Gordon Bryan
"Well, I have more than 20 years as fire chief. In my home, they locked up, they have water and food and everything to be there for a few days, so I am okay concerning that. But still we have community that don't have maybe a strong house and that's the people that we try to reach to and to give them aid and if we have to move them from there, well we do that and move them to safer house or to a neighbour or to a family."
San Andres and Isla de Providencia were battered by both hurricanes Eta and Iota in 2020.
