Mayor Wagner on City’s Swift Recovery After TS Nadine

Tropical Storm Nadine swept through southern Belize City on Saturday, bringing powerful winds and heavy rain that tested the city’s resilience. Despite the storm’s intensity, the old capital has shown a remarkable recovery. Mayor Bernard Wagner shared insights on how the storm impacted the city and praised the community’s swift response and resilience.

 

Bernard Wagner, Mayor of Belize City

“No, it was to the best of my knowledge and the reports that I receive is that we just had the flooding in the streets. Some of the flood prone areas that are usually flooded, got extensively flooded, but with the king tides coming in and climate change and all of these converging it’s important that we put in place actions such as this climate action doing our part in reducing greenhouse gases. If we don’t do our part you’ll continue to see stronger storms more adverse climate conditions in our country.”