Are there natural disasters like flooding, earthquakes, fire or hurricanes in Corozal?

We have had a couple of hurricanes since I lived here but really no significant damage to anybody. We had one this year, hurricane Earl, but it really didn’t do anything in Corozal.  We had some high winds but I’m right on the water but we had no damage whatsoever.  

 

I believe Corozal is protected from hurricane damage due to the shape of the bay, which curls around.

 

(Corozal Bay on a windy day,...

We have had a couple of hurricanes since I lived here but really no significant damage to anybody. We had one this year, hurricane Earl, but it really didn’t do anything in Corozal.  We had some high winds but I’m right on the water but we had no damage whatsoever.  

 

I believe Corozal is protected from hurricane damage due to the shape of the bay, which curls around.

 

(Corozal Bay on a windy day, Belize, pictured.)

In Corozal, there are no natural disasters. Corozal is pretty much spared from everything. Corozal has less rain than any other place in Belize, so except for the roads being crappy, Corozal is a good place to retire.

 

There are no earthquakes in Corozal, either, or any fires like the bush fires in California. I’ve never even heard of a fire really getting out of hand in Belize. 

 

Belize really isn’t known for...

In Corozal, there are no natural disasters. Corozal is pretty much spared from everything. Corozal has less rain than any other place in Belize, so except for the roads being crappy, Corozal is a good place to retire.

 

There are no earthquakes in Corozal, either, or any fires like the bush fires in California. I’ve never even heard of a fire really getting out of hand in Belize. 

 

Belize really isn’t known for hurricanes. We had a hurricane years ago, which was big, and a couple of dustups, but we’re not the hurricane center.

 

I live two blocks away from the beach in the easternmost part of the country where the sun actually rises and sets on the water. You can see the sun rise in the morning over the water, and turn your head in the evening, and the sun is setting over your head. We’re out like a little peninsula of some sort.

 

(Laughing Bird Caye, Belize, pictured.)

I haven’t heard of any fire in the town of Corozal. Since most places in Corozal are built of concrete, any fire that was accidentally set would do very little damage. If you are living in a wooden building, the chances are just as anywhere that you could burn it down.

 

I have seen limited road flooding three or four years ago when we had a very unusual amount of rain, and it came very quickly. It was rain that was draining from many miles inland that...

I haven’t heard of any fire in the town of Corozal. Since most places in Corozal are built of concrete, any fire that was accidentally set would do very little damage. If you are living in a wooden building, the chances are just as anywhere that you could burn it down.

 

I have seen limited road flooding three or four years ago when we had a very unusual amount of rain, and it came very quickly. It was rain that was draining from many miles inland that flooded some of the back roads. On the way to Sarteneja, the road got so flooded that they had to have buses on each side that drove people across the water. Between Orchid Bay and Corozal, I’ve always been able to drive.

 

There have been two hurricanes that have been directed at Belize. One was last summer, which hit just north of Belize City. The enter was the International Airport, and just north of that. That hurricane didn’t do much of anything- it destroyed a few of the old wooden buildings, but other than that I was not aware of any substantial damage. Certainly none of the more modern buildings were affected in any way that I know of. They might have had a window break somewhere, but the hurricanes that I’d experienced have not been that bad. 

 

Four years ago, another hurricane was aimed at Ambergris Caye. As the hurricane approached Ambergris Caye, it made a swift right turn and went to Mahahual, Mexico. We only got some residual rain here in Corozal, which can be quite considerable on the outer bands of the hurricane.

 

There is no comparison living in Belize with living in the southern states in the US where they get hammered all the time by hurricanes and tornadoes, and snow, ice and severely low temperatures as you go further north.  Belize is a great place for weather. People visiting Belize in the middle of winter just luxuriate in the warmth. It’s such a relief from the cold north. That’s what brings people here for the first time, and then some consider moving to northern Belize the rest of their lives.

 

(The beach at Crimson Orchard Inn, Corozal, Belize, pictured.)