But of course, in a low lying city that rises from the swamp of centuries - it's hardly that simple. Flood prone areas that don't drain off are a persistent problem but the Mayor says those just take a little longer to run off as the rains subside. He spoke more on the flooding in the pound yard area.
Bernard Wagner, Belize City Mayor
"There are culverts there. Like what my engineer told me right because I asked them the same question and it's like do you have a high volume of water. And you have to say a little straw and that water is too huge to get through all at once so it requires time and so we have to be patient as residents. The water will not stay there. The culverts are there. They are functioning, but it is the volume of water in such a short space of time that has come down."
"The culverts we have there They are large culverts and they attach into the canal. So it is working, but it is the volume of water look at this. This is a huge volume of water here being churned out of the city."
The Tropical Disturbance has passed over Belize City and headed west where Cayo was under heavy rain.
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