CDEMA deploys DDSA team to SVG Social Share The Caribbean Disaster Management Agency-CDEMA- said in a release that it deployed a Detailed Damage Sectoral Analysis (DDSA) team on April 14, 2021 in support of the humanitarian efforts in St. Vincent and the Grenadines following the explosive eruptions of La Soufriere. The DDSA team will support the government by providing an assessment of key sectors and guidance towards estimating needs and associated costs, which will inform the relief and recovery efforts.
The team will specifically examine the agriculture, health and water sectors, which have been prioritized by St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Within four days the DDSA team will provide a consolidated picture of the status of the three sectors and their evolving needs. Team members include specialists from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CA
Squeeze Cash launches relief effort for SVG Social Share SQUEEZE CASH Inc, a multi-currency app operation, said it has launched a relief fund to provide direct assistance to those who have been affected by the ongoing La Soufriere eruption in SVG.
Squeeze Cash said in a release that as the number one multi currency app in the Caribbean and the diaspora set up to handle transfers of 12 different currencies, it is uniquely positioned to process funds for aid.
The operation said it intends to use relief funds donated to purchase crucial items such as water, baby diapers, and food, along with supplying the transportation and delivery team for distribution to locations where the need is greatest.
By RENWICK ROSE GIVEN the unfortunate series of events which have overtaken us in relation to the violent eruption of the Soufriere volcano, I have decided to hold back the series on the 1981 Bills for two weeks and to give our readers some recollections of what took place in the two previous occasions when there was substantial destruction, in the years 1812 and 1902. Some vivid description of the …
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La Soufriere volcano has shot out another explosive burst of gas and ash as a cruise ship arrived to evacuate some of the foreigners who had been stuck on a St. Vincent island coated in ash from a week of violent eruptions.
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Plumes of ash rise from the La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent. Friday morning s blast “wasn’t a big explosion compared to the ones that we (had) last weekend, but it was big enough to punch a hole through the clouds, said Richard Robertson, lead scientist at the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center, in an interview with local NBC radio. “Probably got up to 8,000 meters.