Caribbean: La Soufrière Volcano Keeps Erupting
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St. Vincent volcano threatens food and water supplies
St. Vincent (MNN) Some 16,000 residents living near La Soufriere were told to evacuate
on Friday following the volcano’s first explosion. An unknown number refuses to depart,
“It’s destroying everything in its path,” Erouscilla Joseph, director of the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center, told the AP following a massive blast.
“Anybody who would have not heeded the evacuation, they need to get out immediately.”
Second La Soufrière eruption
(Photo, caption courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
The ongoing volcanic activity puts essential supplies like food and water at risk. Falling ash contaminates water sources, while fast-moving lava flows wipe out citrus crops. Authorities met yesterday afternoon to discuss food difficulties, while Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves says it could take months for the island nation to recover.
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Smoke and ash are seen as they are released from the La Soufriere volcano in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines after the initial eruption last Friday. Photo by UWI Seismic Research/EPA-EFE
A satellite image from last Saturday shows an ash cloud from the La Soufrière volcano spreading eastward across Barbados. Image courtesy NASA/Worldview
Smoke spews from the glowing dome of the La Soufrière volcano in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on April 8 (R) and the resulting eruption (L) on April 9. Photos courtesy UWI Seismic Research Center