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April 12, 2021
A volcano on the island of St. Vincent that has been dormant since 1979 erupted Friday. Thousands were forced to evacuate as layers of volcanic ash from the La Soufrière Volcano blanketed the island. Many have been left without power and running water. The island is cut off from supplies, according to Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, due to ash plumes and smoke billowing miles into the atmosphere – cutting off planes to the region. Dust and ash have been carried to nearby island chains like Barbados. But, impacts are being felt even hundreds of miles away with ash plumes impacting air quality in St. Lucia – some 150 miles east of St. Vincents.
There has been a massive power outage on the Caribbean island of St Vincent where La Soufrière volcano began erupting on Friday, St Vincent and the Grenadines National Emergency Management Organisation reported. Day number three and everything looks like a battle zone. Dreary morning with the ash beginning to harden on the ground due to overnight showers. Many homes still without water and electricity, NEMO said in one of a series of tweets.
Volcanic ash has been continuing to fall and there are warnings of more danger ahead.
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A cloud of volcanic ash hovers over Kingstown, on the eastern Caribbean island of St Vincent. There are warnings of more danger ahead.(AP)
Power and water outages hit St Vincent after volcanic eruption Monday, April 12, 2021
ST JOHN S, Antigua and Barbuda (AFP) Massive power outages struck the Caribbean island of St Vincent before dawn yesterday, as officials recorded more explosive activity at a long-dormant volcano that launched into a series of eruptions.
After remaining quiet for nearly 42 years, La Soufriere rumbled back into life Friday, blanketing the island in ash and permeating the air with the stench of sulphur.
The eruptions prompted thousands to flee for safety, with around 16,000 people living in areas under evacuation orders.
The country s National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) noted “another explosive event” early yesterday morning with the “majority of the country out of power and covered in ash”.
Published Monday, April 12, 2021 9:43AM EDT Last Updated Monday, April 12, 2021 12:08PM EDT 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 worried about the lives of those who have refused to evacuate. Experts called it a “huge explosion” that generated pyroclastic flows down the volcano s south and southwest flanks. “It s destroying everything in its path,” Erouscilla Joseph, director of the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center, told The Associated Press. “Anybody who would have not heeded the evacuation, they need to get out immediately.”