Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams, Director of The UWI Seismic Research Centre, Dr Erouscilla Joseph; and a representative of DEM will hosted a Press Conference today, Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. (PR) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley expressed gratitude to the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre. Bajans have been asked not to panic. The …
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Barbados was spared a heavy fall-out from yesterday’s volcanic eruption in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Director of Meteorological Services Sabu Best said just “a very weak plume” of ash and dust from La Soufriere passed “around the mid levels of the atmosphere of Barbados at around “18 000 to 25 000 feet” was already “pushing around 11:30 a.m., roughly three hours after the volcano had erupted.
Speaking during a press conference, Best said the plume of ash took about three and a half hours to traverse from St Vincent to Barbados and at the time of the press conference was already moving to the east of the island, leaving Barbados “pretty much in the clear in terms of any ash or ash cloud” by then.
Three explosive eruptions rock St Vincent, as evacuations continue
Article by April 10, 2021
A Barbados Coast Guard ship and 40 sailors were steaming towards Kingstown overnight to deliver humanitarian aid after three explosive eruptions of the La Soufriere volcano filled the skies in and around St. Vincent with stony ash throughout Friday.
Here at home, authorities are closely monitoring local air quality and have pledged to provide early warning if atmospheric conditions worsen from the fallout.
Late into the night on Friday, the crew of HMBS Rudyard Lewis was busy loading about seven tonnes of supplies on to the vessel.
During the crew’s final preparations, Attorney General Dale Marshall and Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams visited the base at HMBS Pelican to wish the sailors safe passage.
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