UK assists response to St. Vincent volcano eruption
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The UK is providing emergency assistance in response to volcanic eruptions in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which saw more than 15,000 people evacuated.
The UK is providing emergency assistance in response to volcanic eruptions in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which saw more than 15,000 people evacuated.
The rapid crisis funds will help provide lifesaving humanitarian supplies like shelter, sanitation kits and protective equipment. Urgently needed technical experts will support relief efforts on the ground, support emergency telecommunications, and restore critical lifeline facilities, like transport links.
The UK has provided an initial £200,000, via the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to support the regional response, through the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA).
By Kristin Deane and Dánica Coto, Associated Press
Apr 12, 2021
Photo by AP Photo/Lucanus Ollivierre
A cloud of volcanic ash hovers over Kingstown, the capital of St. Vincent, on April 10, 2021, a day after the La Soufrière volcano erupted.
Approximately 16,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes in ash-filled communities in St. Vincent, part of an island chain of that includes the Grenadines. share this article
La Soufrière volcano fired an enormous amount of ash and hot gas early Monday, April 12, 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 âhuge explosionâ that generated pyroclastic flows down the volcanoâs south and southwest flanks.
The UK is providing emergency assistance in response to volcanic eruptions in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which saw more than 15,000 people evacuated.
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