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This is according to a release issued by the National Emergency Management Organization.
Government yesterday took the decision to lower the alert level, based on recommendations from Scientists from the Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies.
Lead Scientist, Roderick Stewart says the recommendation was being made given that the activity at the La Soufriere has decreased significantly.
The Government has also taken the decision that residents of communities in the orange zone from Petit Bordel to Gordon Yard on the Leeward side of the island and up to Mt. Young near the RUBIS Gas Station on the Windward side of the island, can return home and carry out normal activities.
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Kingstown – The government has moved the alert at the La Soufriere volcano from Red, the highest, to Orange, the third-highest on the four-level scale.
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said on the state-owned NBC Radio on Thursday that the Cabinet made the decision a day earlier.
The alert level was raised to Red on April 8 when the evacuation order was given, about 15 hours before La Soufriere erupted explosively on April 9.
A Red alert means that an eruption is in progress or may occur without further warning.