Due to Remnants of Hurricane Agatha

A flood alert has been issued by the National Met Service and NEMO for flood-prone areas along northern Belize. Chief Meteorologist Ronald Gordon told News Five today that while Hurricane Agatha which struck the southern part of Mexico's Pacific coast posed no threat to Belize, the storm's remnants are expected to move towards the Yucatan, dumping heavy rains in its path. That has caused over four inches of rainfall in parts of northern Belize and an additional two to four inches are likely within the next couple of days.

Ronald Gordon, Chief Meteorologist, National Meteorological Service

"The system will re-emerge over the northwest Caribbean Sea or the southern Gulf of Mexico, where currently there's a low chance of it re-developing into a tropical depression or tropical storm in forty-eight hours or a high chance that it does so in about five days. In terms of the impacts of the remnants of Agatha on Belize, we expect that to be mostly in the form of rain. With all that rainfall, the threat from this system will be the possibility of flooding to occur, and currently we are focusing mostly in the north due to the fact that that area is getting the most rainfall. However, we should not discount that other parts of the country will also be receiving significant rainfall, so the alert is in general for flood-prone areas of the country to be on alert and to be prepared to move in the case that they need to do so. If you're moving livestock, it's going to take a while, so certainly that is something that I think folds should have been preparing for from as early as we issued the flood watch to know if you're going to be moving or if you need to move your assets and livestock away from low-lying and flood-prone areas. I want to put this in perspective, though, we expect a significant amount of rainfall but certainly we do not expect the amount of rainfall that we saw from Eta or Iota .in 2020 to occur."

NEMO warns people in the cayes, along rivers, creeks, and low-lying areas, as well as farmers and fishermen to be alert and take the necessary actions to save life, livestock and property. Drivers are also asked to drive with caution and use their hazard lights when driving in the rain.

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NEMO Advisory #1

REMNANTS OF HURRICANE AGATHA CROSSING INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO /NORTHWESTERN CARRIBBEAN SEA
TUESDAY, 31st MAY, 2022 As at 1:00 PM

The National Meteorological Services of Belize and the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) hereby inform the general public that Hurricane Agatha, the strongest hurricane on record in May made landfall as a strong Category 2 hurricane about 5 miles west of Puerto Angel in Southern Mexico. Agatha has since dissipated, but remnants might emerge in the northwest Caribbean Sea with torrential rains over parts of Central America, specifically over Belize. The system may redevelop at that point and it is not forecasted to make landfall on Belize. Just over four inches of rainfall has affected northern parts of Belize and another 2 to 4 inches is likely within the next couple of days. Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms are expected in most areas of the country especially at night, a flood watch is in effect for areas prone to flooding.

NEMO hereby advises the general public to be alert and to pay attention to the weather situation which is likely to get worse over the next couple days. People in the cayes, along rivers, creeks, and low-lying areas, farmers and fisher folks, are cautioned to be alert and take the necessary actions to save life. Drivers are asked to drive slow and put on their hazard lights when driving in the rain.

Stay alert, be prepared.
NEMO staff countrywide are on alert.