BEL Restores Power in Orange Walk and Corozal Districts After Severe Weather Outage

Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) says it has successfully restored power to communities in the Orange Walk and Corozal districts following an extended outage caused by severe weather on Wednesday. The unplanned outage, which began at 12:23 p.m., affected areas from Yo Creek to Blue Creek, San Antonio, Santa Cruz, San Roman, San Luis, and other surrounding communities. Power was fully restored by 11:08 p.m.

BEL says the outage occurred when lightning storms damaged the main transformer at the Orange Walk substation, which supplies electricity to several northern communities. Once weather conditions improved, BEL teams swiftly replaced the damaged transformer, ensuring power was restored to all affected areas.

BEL says it continues to monitor unstable weather conditions nationwide, as extreme weather driven by climate change puts added pressure on the national power grid. It says that customers may experience intermittent outages as protective systems activate to safeguard the grid.