Director of the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre Professor Richard Robertson told Babadians on Monday that they may have to deal with ash from St Vincent s La Soufriere Volcano for up to a year. Roberston joined Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams during a live emergency update on the La Soufriere Volcano on Monday. He said that while the possibility that explosive eruptions could continue for a …
Kingstown – The La Soufriere volcano erupted on Tuesday, 42 years to the day as it commemorates its own anniversary with another explosive episode. In a brief update posted on its website the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad reported that the eruption began at 6:30 a.m. “and still continues at the time of this post”. “We …
April 11, 2021
No one, not even the region’s best experts are prepared to predict exactly how long the country will continue to be showered with ash from the La Soufriére volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
This was the admission of Director of the UWI Seismic Research Centre, Dr Erouscilla Joseph who on Sunday afternoon said the potentially dangerous ashfall could continue for anywhere between days and weeks.
“Unfortunately, the worst case scenario is that this could go on for weeks because of the changes in the dynamics of this system,” Dr Joseph said during a Government media conference.
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