Hurricane Dean nearing landfall 25 miles north of Belize with winds of 175 mph (282 km/h)
Belize (/bəˈliːz/ⓘ), formerly known as British Honduras, is a Caribbean country located on the northeastern coast of Central America. Belize is bordered on the northwest by Mexico, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by Guatemala. It has an area of 22,970 square kilometres (8,867 sq mi) and a population of 408,487 (2019). Its mainland is about 290 km (180 mi) long and 110 km (68 mi) wide. It has the lowest population and population density in Central America.[1]
Since records began in 1851, only two hurricanes have had
Category 5 hurricane strength and have hit or hit close by to Belize, with the two being Hurricane Janet in 1955 and Hurricane Dean in 2007. Along with only two storms of Category 5 strength impacting Belize, only three Category 4 hurricanes have impacted Belize, including the 1931 British Honduras hurricane, Hurricane Keith in 2000, and Hurricane Iris in 2001. The most recent tropical cyclone to hit Belize was Hurricane Lisa.
^"World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision Population Database". United Nations. March 11, 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
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Category 4 hurricanes have impacted Belize, including the 1931 British Honduras hurricane, Hurricane Keith in 2000, and Hurricane Iris in 2001. The most...
Belize (/bɪˈliːz, bɛ-/ , bih-LEEZ, beh-; Belize Kriol English: Bileez) is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico...
elsewhere in the country, people looked to Belize Town for guidance. Belize City has been directly struck by two hurricanes since 1900, the 1931 hurricane and...
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Caribbean in anticipation of Hurricane Dean's passage, though by August 27 all were back on schedule, except those with damaged ports inBelize and the...
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(Spanish: Cayo Caulker) is a small limestone coral island off the coast of Belizein the Caribbean Sea measuring about 5 miles (8.0 km) (north to south) by...
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especially Belize and Guatemala. The sixth named storm and fourth hurricane of the season, Francelia developed from a tropical wave in the southeastern...
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with hurricanes Igor and Julia, the first such occasion since 1998 with at least three simultaneous hurricanesin the North Atlantic. The hurricane entered...
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