In other news, September's King Tides are over for now, but flooding in the city meant that the route for the Independence Day parade had to be changed.
However, next year, the full moon is slated for early September - around the same time Carnival is hosted in Belize City. And the King tides always occur in September.
Today we asked the mayor if they're already planning ahead, and if the new Carnival route along Marine Parade will have to be changed - again.
Bernard Wagner, Mayor of Belize City
"The King Tides is here to stay, climate change is here to stay and so we have to be proactive, we have to recognize quickly that this is out of our control and the proper provision in the event it does occur and clearly you can see the devastation of King Tides having to shift, you have to change your route and I'm certain that the National Celebrations Commission could be looking at how they can alleviate that uncertainty."
Courtney Menzies:
"With the debris that came up, the flotsam that came up during this King Tides, how's the clean up for the city looking?"
Bernard Wagner, Mayor of Belize City
"Man, I just want the residents continue to try to work along with us. Those bags of garbage didn't get to those canals on their own. It has to be somebody that goes and drop those bags of garbage, throw the fridge in the canal, throw the mattress in the canal. I plead to our residents to practice the civic pride. Our team will continue to clean, we clean the north creek canal every so often, and as we clean it, we find debris and garbage in it again so it's a work in progress and hopefully we reach some point in time where the residents stop throwing and stop littering."
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