But whether the rains are heavy or light, one thing that all of us across these 8,867 square miles have to worry about is the hurricane season. June 1st marks the start of the season and today Chief Meteorologist Catherine Cumberbatch told us that although it looks to be normal or slightly above normal, you should always be prepared.
Catherine Cumberbatch - Chief Meteorologist
"The activity for our region in the Atlantic basin is for a normal for slightly above normal activity in term of tropical cyclone formation in our area. The norm Courtney and Paul is for 12 name storms to form and 6 of these becoming hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes. This year the agents that normally monitors these activities and come up with these forecast, they are saying there will be anything between 12 to 13 to 14 so that's why the overall forecast that they are going for is for normal to slightly above normal for the 2018 Atlantic basin, and when we are talking the Atlantic basin we are talking the gulf of Mexico, north Atlantic and the Caribbean sea which includes Belize."
"We really can't say where these systems will make landfall but you know whether the season is normal, below normal or above normal, it only takes one system to cause a havoc on our country. So in all hurricane seasons we must be prepared. I advise all Belizeans that the hurricane season is coming very fast, it's only a few hours away - get your hurricane plan activated, be prepared. Listen to all the information that is coming out of the National Meteorological Service and heed to all warning and watch that is coming out of National Emergency Organization which is NEMO."
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