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La Soufriere volcano is “quiet” but secondary hazards like lahar (mudflow), caused by heavy overnight and early morning rains, are posing a new kind of danger to the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Speaking on the daily update on NBC Radio on Thursday, seismologist Roderick Stewart said the equipment that was monitoring the volcano indicated it was quiet and there were no tremors, but lahars were occurring in all of the major drainage valleys and these could have caused damage as they passed from the volcano to the sea.
Stewart, who is monitoring from the Belmont base, said this would lead to flooding because lahar tends to block existing culverts and drainage and cut new roads and paths.
Airport monitors eruption aftermath as operations resume
Article by April 27, 2021
Airport officials were keeping their eyes on the skies while operations have returned to normal Monday following a one-week shutdown due to severe ash fall from St Vincent’s La Soufriere volcano.
Grantley Adams International Airport CEO Hadley Bourne said management is monitoring the situation to ensure the protection of the aerodrome.
“We reopened on the 16th and everything is pretty much normal,” Bourne told
Barbados TODAY. “There is still a continuous monitoring and wetting down to make sure that any ash from the outside or nothing doesn’t re-enter the aerodrome… but we are continually monitoring and cleaning,”
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The effects of ashfall after explosive eruptions of La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent, April 11, 2021. (Uinversity of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre) Social Share
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) Monday said that it would be paying out an estimated US$2.2 million for relief and recovery efforts following the eruption of the La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
The volcano first erupted on April 9, forcing the evacuation of more than 16 000 people and scientists monitoring the volcano has warned of continued seismic activity.
The CCRIF, a segregated portfolio company, owned, operated and registered in the Caribbean, said that it has provided financial support in the form of a grant of US$2 209 million to the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines.
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The effects of ashfall after explosive eruptions of La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent, April 11, 2021. (Uinversity of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre) Social Share
The alert level remains red for the La Soufriere Volcano in St Vincent.
Since the volcano began explosive eruptions on Friday, people have been evacuated, particularly those in the red zone.
According to a bulletin from the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) in St Vincent today, there are 87 shelters that are now activated with more than 3 880 occupants.
More than 400 families are hosting over 2 000 people to date and registration with NEMO of people in private sheltering is continuing.