High waters left dozens stranded on their roofs across Belize, washed out a key bridge to the southern part of the country and damaged highways.

Several other major bridges were reported to be under water, including one between the capital of Belize City and the town of Belmopan.

Witnesses said a couple and their 14-year-old daughter died when a flash flood swept away a house in southern Belize's Stann Creek Valley early Monday. The couple's 12-year-old son is missing.

The Associated Press reports that papaya plantations, shrimp farms and the country's three-month stockpile of rice were also wiped out by flooding generated by the combined effects of both storms.

Tropical Storm Alma fell apart as a circulating system early Friday, May 30, but lingering moisture left from the storm emerged as Tropical Storm Arthur over the far western Caribbean a day later.

Had Alma maintained storm-force winds and a clearly defined circulation while passing over Central America, it would have retained the same name in the Atlantic basin.

Wide-angle enlarged view of Tropical Storm Arthur

Tropical Storm Arthur Track

Satellite Loop: University of Wisconsin
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