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St. Vincent's La Soufrière volcano: Parts of island unrecognizable after eruptiion CNN 41 mins ago By Patrick Oppmann, CNN © Robertson S. Henry/Reuters Ash and smoke billow as the La Soufrière volcano erupts on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent on April 9. For over two weeks, a volcano on the island of St. Vincent has erupted with unrelenting fury. Now, residents don't even recognize their home. "It's like a desert, it's desolate, it's apocalyptic. The whole place is covered in gray ash," Ralph Gonsalves, the prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, t...

Crisis caused by volcano will last months - UN The humanitarian crisis caused by volcanic eruptions on the Caribbean island of St Vincent will last for months, a UN official has warned. Didier Trebucq said nearby islands including Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda could also be badly affected. About 20,000 people have been evacuated from their homes since La Soufrière volcano began erupting last Friday. It had not previously erupted since 1979. Mr Trebucq, the UN co-ordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, said clouds of ash and smoke were continuing to pour from the volcano every day. ...

Why the volcano erupting in the Caribbean has such a deadly reputation Robin George Andrews © Photograph by Robertson S. Henry, Reuters Ash and smoke billow as the La Soufriere volcano erupts in Kingstown on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent April 9, 2021. Since December 2020, a strange and gloopy mass of lava has been oozing from the top of La Soufrière, a volcano on the northern side of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. This eruption posed no real threat to the 110,000 or so people living on the island, but things took a turn for the worse at the end of Marc...