New video from Georgetown, a community several miles away from La Soufriere volcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, showed buildings blanketed in a layer of ash on Saturday (April 10), a day after the volcano spectacularly erupted. Libby Hogan reports.
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“Rise Up Bequia” Relief Efforts for St. Vincent
Rise Up Bequia, a non-profit social organization, will be conducting a series of relief efforts in the coming days and weeks for all those affected by the eruption of La Soufriere. Here we share a few words by Holly Bynoe and a press release with detailed wire instructions for those who want to provide aid in this moment of crisis.
Holly Bynoe: “Thank you for your outpouring of concern, checking in and the genuine care and love that you have extended to my country. As a Vincentian residing in Barbados, oscillating between grey and surreal and awe-some darkness at 3 p.m., I am heartened by the questions and the promise that we can indeed start to map a path to our nation’s continued healing and recovery.
Ash has covered much of the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the stench of sulphur filled the air after a series of eruptions from a volcano that had been quiet for decades.
Ash covered much of the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent on Saturday, and the stench of sulfur filled the air after a series of eruptions from a volcano that had been quiet for decades.
The thick dust was also on the move, traveling 175km to the east and starting to affect the neighboring island of Barbados.
“Barbadians have been urged to stay indoors as thick plumes of volcanic ash move through the atmosphere,” the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency said.
The whitish powder caked roads, homes and buildings in St Vincent after the powerful blasts from La Soufriere volcano that began on Friday