Belize News

Lisa Weakens to Tropical Storm After Leaving Belize’s Largest City in Darkness

Lisa weakened into a tropical storm as it moved across Belize Wednesday, leaving much of the country’s largest city in the dark, although there were no reports of deaths or major damage so far in the Caribbean nation famed for …

Caribbean Cat Facility CCRIF Donates $100,000 to Belize to Aid Rainfall Tracking

Belize SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) is providing US$100,000 to the government of Belize to purchase 40-50 automatic weather stations that will provide the Meteorological Service of Belize with access to real-time rainfall data. The weather stations …

UPDATE: Cat I Hurricane Ernesto Nears Mexico, Belize

According to the latest report from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, the center of category 1 Hurricane Ernesto was about 20 miles, 35 km, north of Chetumal, Mexico and about 160 miles, 260 km, east south east of Campeche, …

TS Ernesto Strengthens; Expected to Impact Belize, Mexico; AIR Analysis

Tropical Storm Ernesto is gaining strength as it moves west-northwest at around 13 mph, 20 km/h, according to the latest bulletin – 5:00 a.m. EDT – from the National Hurricane Center in Miami. As it moves along the forecast track …