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Sleeping giant awakes
A small lava dome with fresh magna can be seen here as a black mound at the base of the existing dome in the crater of La Soufriere. (Photo Kemron Alexander, Soufriere Monitoring Unit)
by Gloriah/Dayle Da Silva
Last Tuesday, 29th December, Vincentians awoke to indications, albeit all unconfirmed, that the La Soufriere volcano was erupting.
Some citizens took to giving their versions by posting photographs and videos on social media, while many more bombarded the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) with telephone calls requesting explanation.
Towards this end, Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Ralph Gonsalves convened a press conference, Tuesday, December 29, and invited University of the West Indies experts - Professor Richard Robertson, Professor of Geology and Dr. Eurouscilla Joseph, Director of the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) The UWI St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago, to lead the conference via Zoom.
Vincentians on watch as volcanic activity continues
Photo from UWI s Seismic Research Centre Facebook page. Photo credit: Kemron Alexander, Soufriere Monitoring Unit -
An effusive eruption at the La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent has resulted in the island s being put on an orange volcano alert level.
The UWI Seismic Research Centre at St Augustine, Trinidad, said while there were no evacuation orders in effect, those living near the crater of the volcano should be on alert.
An orange alert means there is a highly elevated level of seismic (earthquake) and/or fumarolic (hot smoke and gases) activity or other unusual activity, and an eruption may begin within less than 24 hours.