UWI-SRC receives grant
Data collected by monitoring equipment of various sorts and purposes is relayed to and analysed by scientists like Dr. Thomas Christopher (pictured) based at the Belmont Observatory.
By: Gloriah•
The UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC, based at the St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago, has received a grant valued at US$17,150, to support the monitoring of the La Soufrière volcano.
This has come by way of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC), and will fund equipment meant to strengthen the monitoring network; rebuild existing monitoring sites; and provide backup equipment for this ongoing event.
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Fresh team of Soufrière monitors on the ground
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St Vincent suffers shortages and fears Covid outbreaks as La Soufriere volcanic eruption continues
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La Soufrière volcano, which had been dormant since 1979 but started rumbling in December 2020, erupted on Friday 9 April. Since then, molten rock has streamed down the mountain and eruptions have covered much of the island in grey volcanic dust and rock fragments. A near-constant succession of earthquakes and tremors are reminders that the volcanic activity is far from over.
14April. Start of another explosion observed from Belmont by scientist at 11:30 am. Photo credit: Thomas Christopher, MVO.
Officials have cautioned neighboring countries including St Lucia, 76km north of St Vincent, to stay indoors and anticipate air pollution as a resulting effect of the eruption of harmful chemicals during the volcano. NASA reports that the volcanic plume shot 12 miles in the air, affecting air quality in Barbados to the east. The plume of sulphur dioxide is said to have detected in