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Caribbean Airlines has cancelled its flights between Guyana and Barbados as well as Saturday services to and from St. Vincent, following explosive eruptions at the La Soufriere volcano that caused ash falls, which scientists said “pose a significant threat to flight safety”.
The Trinidad-based airline said that due to the volcanic activity, it would not be operating flight BW 200 scheduled for Barbados-St Vincent-Grenada and flight BW 201 from Grenada to Barbados on Saturday.
As trees across St Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados buckle under the weight of ash deposited from eruptions at the La Soufrière volcano, Director of The University
Ash and smoke billow as the La Soufriere volcano erupts in Kingstown on the eastern Caribbean island of St Vincent on April 9, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
ST. JOHN S, Antigua and Barbuda－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 175 kilometers to the east and starting to impact 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.
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)