Alex Agosti, from the American Red Cross, talks about project which helps communities in Caribbean areas that are likely to be hit with storms prepare for anything nature can throw at them.
Imagine a storm so devastating that it would cause a country to move its capital city and you get a sense of the impact that Hurricane Hattie had on Belize in 1961. One of the most powerful storms in the history of the Central American country, the Category 5 hurricane killed 300 and left tens of thousands homeless, prompting the decision to move the capital city to Belmopan, some 50 miles inland.
