Once again, volcanic Caribbean island looks to recovery
A group of nervous fish sellers got very close to La Soufrière, the volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, on the morning of May 7, 1902. “The top of the mountain was covered in mist, and the foremost of them followed the path up to the base of the summit cone,” according to a written account of their experience. “Some went up to quite near the lip of the crater, or possibly even to the actual edge. What they saw there was enough to dismay the stoutest hearts.″ The volcano was about to erupt explosively, devastating swathes of the island. Last week, La Soufrière once again ...
Source: repeatingislands.com
