7pm Thursday:
Restoration of Power Supply Continues Following Passage of Hurricane Earl

Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) suffered extensive damage to its infrastructure in the Belize District, including San Pedro and Caye Caulker, during the passage of Hurricane Earl. Restoration of power supply continues this evening throughout the country.

As of 6:00 p.m. today, power has been restored to the other districts and half of San Pedro and Caulker, with the exception of a few areas. BEL's crews will be working late into the night to restore power to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, downtown Belize City and surrounding areas.

Works will resume at the break of dawn tomorrow in two phases. The first phase is expected to be completed by late afternoon; and the second phase will be completed late into the night. BEL expects that, at the completion of the second phase, 95% of the country will be restored. The final stage will be completed on Saturday, August 6.

Jeffrey Locke of the Belize Electricity Limited is presenting assessments. He has estimated that about 80% of power will be restored by midday Friday.

Customers may contact BEL Friday at 0-800-BEL-CARE (0-800-235-2273) to get more details of the restoration time for their specific area.

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The San Pedro Traffic Department ask's the public to be extra careful while driving. Look out for power lines and trees that are down, slow down if you have to cross a flooded area and be extra careful when passing pedestrians. Thank you and lets all do our part to clean up the storm damage.