The great flood of 2008 continues to wreak havoc all across Belize - in the
Orange Walk, Corozal, Cayo and Belize Districts. The footprint of this disaster
is huge and everyday it expands.
First to the Belize District, where on the Crooked Tree Lagoon, the water is
almost 7 feet above the causeway and still rising slowly. Same goes for Maypen
and Double Run, where the floodwaters have exceeded the Mitch record and are
approaching the high mark set by Hurricane Keith. Water levels also continue
to rise near Burrell Boom and that village still cannot be approached from the
Western Highway.
The level is also rising along the Northern Highway near the Haulover Bridge
and we’ll tell you about the risk factors for that later on.
But the levels are going down in Rancho Dolores and Lemonal, as well as St.
Paul's Bank and Willows Bank, and Double Head Cabbage. The level is steady near
Bermudian Landing, Flowers Bank and Isabella Bank.
Lord’s Bank which we showed you yesterday is still largely under water
and 2 families have been moved to a shelter and water continue to rise.
Four NEMO teams were sent out to assess flood damage at the 8 miles community,
lower Sandhill, Gardenia, Biscayne, Lord’s Bank Burrell Boom, Fresh Pond
and Young Bank.
In Orange Walk, the Hondo is still rising and the Albion Island of San Antonio,
San Roman and San Victor Villages which are encircled by the Hondo report rapid
rising waters as well.
At Douglas Village, the river level almost at the record level set in Hurricane
Keith stage and it is rising rapidly. 80 families have been evacuated from that
village and 25 more were scheduled to do so today. They are at shelters in San
Pablo and Nuevo San Juan or with relatives in Orange Walk Town.
Similarly, in Corozal, there have been damages in Concepcion, Sarteneja, Xaibe,
Patchakan and Libertad – many of the villages that were also pummelled
by Hurricane Dean.
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