(CDB), Press Release Kingstown, St. Vincent. May 4, 2021 -- Vincentians impacted by the eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano will be getting over US$135,000 in assistance for relief supplies, volcano monitoring and early warning equipment under the Volcano Ready Project funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
Supplies including 500 mattresses, 1500 cases of bottled water and 50 800-gallon water tanks were delivered to the country on April 29. while the equipment is being procured. The equipment includes Seismic Stations (Seismometers, recorders, digitizer, power supply and case), 20 Wireless Ethernet Radios, 1 Remote monitoring camera, 3 GPS Antennas and receivers, one SO2 Spectrometer for gas measurement and a Mavic 300 drone.