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In Caye Caulker, there were unofficial wind estimates of 125 mph (201 km/h) and the hurricane produced a 4 ft (1.2 m) storm surge. In mainland Belize, wind gusts reached 61 mph (98 km/h) at the Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport. Many areas of Belize lost power and telephone service, which included Belize City. More than 130 houses were ...
Tropical Storm Lisa strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday morning in the western Caribbean as it headed for an expected landfall in Belize later in the day. The U.S. National ...
A cyclist rides on a flooded street during the passage of tropical storm Sara in La Ceiba, Honduras, on Nov. 15, 2024. Honduras' President Xiomara Castro said emergency services had been activated ...
Hurricane Lisa was a strong tropical cyclone that caused extensive and destructive flooding across Belize and other parts of northern Central America in November 2022. Lisa was the fourteenth tropical cyclone, twelfth named storm and sixth hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.
A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area. A watch is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds,
Throughout history, Belize has been impacted by hundreds of tropical cyclones. The most recent hurricane to impact Belize was Hurricane Nana (2020). Since records began in 1851, only two hurricanes have had Category 5 hurricane strength and have hit or hit close to Belize: Hurricane Janet in 1955 and Hurricane Dean in 2007.
Only three hours after the replacement of the tropical storm watch to warning, Richard was nearing hurricane status, [29] and the tropical storm warning in place on the east coast of Belize upgraded to a hurricane warning. [36] The hurricane warning associated with Hurricane Richard remained in place for the east coast of Belize as landfall was ...
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