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In Caye Caulker, there were unofficial wind estimates of 125 mph (201 km/h) and the hurricane produced a 4 ft (1.2 m) storm surge. In mainland Belize, wind gusts reached 61 mph (98 km/h) at the Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport. Many areas of Belize lost power and telephone service, which included Belize City. More than 130 houses were ...
Hurricane Iris was a small, but powerful tropical cyclone that caused widespread destruction in Belize. Iris was the second-strongest storm of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season , behind Hurricane Michelle . [ 1 ]
Belize continues to rely heavily on foreign trade with the United States as its number one trading partner. Total imports in 2000 totaled $446 million while total exports were only $349.9 million. In 2000, the U.S. accounted for 48.5% of Belize's total exports and provided 49.7% of all Belizean imports.
On October 8, 2001, Hurricane Iris hit southern Belize with 145 mph (233 km/h) winds causing major damage to nearly 95% of buildings in Placencia. Many developers took advantage of plummeted real estate value and an increased development of the peninsula and Placencia proper is consistently on the rise, as well as property value.
Belize is a country on the eastern coast of Central America bordered on the north by Mexico, on the south and west by Guatemala, and on the east by the Caribbean Sea. Belize has a small, mostly private enterprise economy that is based primarily on export of petroleum and crude oil , agriculture, agro-based industry, and merchandising, with ...
The International Financial Services Commission (IFSC) is the Belize government agency responsible for financial regulation. It is responsible for regulating all financial market participants, exchanges and the setting and enforcing of financial regulations. A number of international online forex brokers obtain their international license from ...
January 2025 was 3.15 degrees Fahrenheit (1.75 degrees Celsius) above pre-industrial levels and was the 18th month of the last 19 in which the average temperature globally was above the 2.7-degree ...
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