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Storms Destroys OW Poultry, Topples 15 Homes, Costs Major $$$
posted (May 3, 2013)
But in Orange Walk, the damage is far greater – they didn't lose a few roofs, they lost a huge volume of poultry worth hundreds of thousands of dollars!







CTV-3 reports that the storm really wreaked havoc in the Central Orange Walk District –toppling 15 homes and killing as many as four thousand chickens in Camp 18 of Shipyard, a Mennonite community.







Images provided by LOVE TV, show the thorough upheaval and the dead chickens. The poultry was from three different barns which were destroyed by the strong winds. Community elders say the damage and losses are estimated at three hundred thousand dollars.






Images from the settlement show massive trees uprooted and fences felled by the heavy winds.

Remarkably, when we called the NEMO district Coordinator Elodio Aragon Sr to confirm he said quote, "Orange Walk is totally okay, nothing happened." End quote.

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