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Hurricane Lisa makes landfall in Belize

Published:Wednesday | November 2, 2022 | 6:28 PM
This satellite image taken at 8:40am ET and provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Lisa under Cuba in the Caribbean Sea, Tuesday, November 1, 2022. Lisa is forecast to make landfall in Central America later in the week as a likely hurricane. (NOAA via AP)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Lisa made landfall Wednesday near Belize City, in the Central American nation of Belize.

The US National Hurricane Center said Lisa had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph) at landfall. The storm's centre was about 10 miles (15 kilometres) southwest of Belize City and moving west at 12 mph (19 kph).

Belize's National Emergency Management Organization said the storm was expected to come ashore between the beach town of Dangriga and Belize City, but warned that “residents across the country are reminded to be prepared.”

Lisa was forecast to cross Belize into northern Guatemala and then move into southeastern Mexico by Thursday.

The hurricane center warned of the danger of flooding and mudslides from heavy rains. It said the storm could drop 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 centimeters) of rain on Belize, the Bay Islands, northern Guatemala, the eastern portion of Mexico's Chiapas state and the Mexican state of Tabasco.

A hurricane warning was posted for Roatan island and the other Bay Islands of Honduras as well as the coast of Belize north and the southern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula from Chetumal to Puerto Costa Maya.

Lisa could re-emerge into the Gulf of Mexico, but as a tropical depression.

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