As you saw in the weather report earlier on, a tropical wave heading
west will produce more rains across the country. And that forecast ahs been
keeping the Belize Hydrology Unit busy. They have been monitoring water levels
countrywide and in particular what has been happening on the Belize River as
the flood wave gradually makes it way down. According to Chief Hydrologist Rudolph
Williams at this time they cannot say whether or not the water will over-run
the banks of the Belize River affecting the stretch of the Northern Highway
between the Haulover Bridge and the entrance to the airport road, but they have
been closely studying the situation.
Rudolph Williams, Hydrologist
“It is a possibility for that water to go over the highway. However
at this time we have seen a slowing down of the wave which might possibly allow
the water to get on past these areas without going over the banks. However we 
will not rule it out, we will keep monitoring it and making sure that we are
on top of the situation so we can report it before it really becomes a crisis.”
Jacqueline Godwin,
How will the tropical wave heading towards Belize affect what’s happening
right now?
Rudolph Williams,
“The tropical wave heading towards Belize is expected to put about
2 inches additional rainfall over the area. We expect the bulk of that to go
into the northern part of the country however no area of the country is exempt
from the rainfall. So what I have been looking at is that on Friday we are expecting
increased water levels in the Belize City area. We are expecting that to occur
late Friday early Saturday morning. In the south I am expecting that the causeway
will become compromised again probably by Saturday afternoon. We expect that
the people in the north will see an increase in water levels. As we know these
two rivers are slow responders so we might see those response to be sometime
probably on Saturday or Sunday.”
So far the flood has exceeded all gauges and all known records in many
areas.
For a more detailed forecast visit http://www.hydromet.gov.bz.
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