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18/03/2021

Belizeans can expect lower temperatures and colder winds as a cold front continues drifting further south this weekend.

18/12/2020

NEW CURFEW BEGINS SUNDAY

13/10/2020

PRISONERS ESCAPE THE BELIZE CENTRAL PRISON

01/09/2020

Tropical Storm Nana aims for Belize

Tropical Storm Nana has formed in the Caribbean

The National Hurricane Center in Miami, has upgraded tropical depression sixteen to tropical storm Nana. It is currently moving west at 30 km/h with max winds of 85km/h. This system is expected to arrive between Wednesday and Thursday night to the coast of Belize where it will make landfall. Heavy rains and flood threats are the main concern.

Tropical Storm Watch issued for Belize and Northern Honduras.

29/08/2020

Google's Project Loon Flies Over Belize.

Google's Loon Balloon Flies Over Belize

What is Project Loon? Alphabet describes it as "Expanding Internet connectivity with stratospheric balloons". Google's most ambitious project to bring internet to places where it is difficult to access the internet and it is at this moment flying over Belize.

A cell tower's coverage is limited by the height of its antennas. Since Loon Balloons fly at the height of the stratosphere, the connectivity is thereby increased to a much larger area. You may ask but how do users connect to the internet? Simply, Google must partner with an ISP on the ground like BTL or SpeedNet to provide a signal to the Loon Balloon. Once this is in place, a high speed signal is sent up to the balloon and it is re transmitted to LTE users in rural communities with no LTE coverage, for example remote villages in the Toledo district.

We think it's a pretty genius idea. Perhaps the Government should consider a partnership with Google to provide internet to these no coverage AKA dark areas where internet is non existent.

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28/08/2020

The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently monitoriing two tropical waves in the Atlantic with low chance of development.

Tracking Two Disturbances in the Atlanic

The National Hurricane Center in Miami has highlighted two areas of interest that could develop into tropical cyclones later next week. We will keep a close eye on the tropical wave forecast to enter the Caribbean for further developments.

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17/05/2020

Tropical Storm Arthur is active in the Atlantic

Tropical Storm Arthur Advisory 2

In it's 9pm advisory the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida just upgraded Tropical Depression One to the status of a Tropical Storm.

At 3pm CST, Tropical Storm Arthur was situated at 29.4 North 77.7 West or 305 KM east north east of Cape Canaveral, Florida. It is moving in a north north east direction at 20 KM per hour having sustained winds of 65KM per hour.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the North Carolina coast from north of Surf City to Duck, including Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds.

03/11/2019

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07/08/2017

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03/08/2016

Current projection of the Hurricane Earl.

Current projection puts Hurricane Earl making landfall between Belize City and Dangriga on Thursday at 3AM CST.