KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent La Soufriere volcano fired an enormous amount of ash and hot gas early Monday in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcanic activity began on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent late last week, with officials.
Kingstown – The La Soufriere volcano erupted on Tuesday, 42 years to the day as it commemorates its own anniversary with another explosive episode. In a brief update posted on its website the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad reported that the eruption began at 6:30 a.m. “and still continues at the time of this post”. “We …
FOLLOWING THE eruption of La Soufriere volcano, insurance and financial services entity, Sagicor, is pledging its support to local government agencies in the relief effort, the insurance company stated in a release. The company said, in a show of soladarity, it would be providing emergency supplies including food, water, and other urgent necessities to those in immediate need. Chief Executive Officer of Sagicor Life (Eastern Caribbean) Inc, Donald Austin, said …
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Hot flows of ash, rock fragments and gas on Monday tore down the flanks of the La Soufriere volcano on the tiny Caribbean island of Saint Vincent after its most powerful explosion yet, four days after it first started erupting.
La Soufriere erupted back into life on Friday after decades of inactivity, pumping dark clouds of ash about 10km into the air and prompting an evacuation by sea and land of thousands of nearby residents.
No deaths have been reported so far, but about a third of the island is off limits and airspace remains closed, while power and water supply