Authorities warn St. Vincent volcano in eastern Caribbean could explode

[Nevilledog]

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Jonathan Lemire
@JonLemire
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities warn St. Vincent volcano in eastern Caribbean could explode, cruise ship en route to evacuate residents.
3:45 PM · Apr 8, 2021

[mnhtnbb]

1. More info here

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/08/st-vincent-evacuation-volcano-la-soufriere

[Karadeniz]

2. Wowee! Wonderful that they can be proactive this way! Godspeed!

[Xavier Breath]

3. Sounds like many will be able to evacuate

to other areas of the island and will not have to leave the island entirely, which is good. If they had to evacuate the entire 100k from the island, that would have been a nightmare.

[Budi]

4. Video April 7 & 8

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The geologist Richard Robertson said that La Soufrière could erupt in a matter of hours or days, according to the St Vincent online newspaper News 784.

Monitoring stations had reported long earthquakes, which suggested that fresh magma was trying to reach the surface, and indicated that the volcano was moving to “an explosive stage”.

Video posted on social media showed a plume of smoke towering above the volcano, which is the highest point in the island country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
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Thanks mnhtnbb Post #1

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/08/st-vincent-evacuation-volcano-la-soufriere

[malaise]

5. They've been preparing for this for some time

During the eruption in Iceland, friends were telling me about Soufrière

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/soufriere-st-vincent/news/126627/Soufriere-St-Vincent-volcano-West-Indies-St-Vincent-effusive-eruption-continues-with-series-of-seism.html

[malaise]

6. Most of the 11,000 citizens in Northern St Vincent

have been evacuated. La Soufriere erupted

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/caribbean/20210409/st-vincents-la-soufriere-volcano-erupts

The UWI Seismic Research is reporting that as of 8:41 am EST, an explosive eruption began at La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent.

The seismic activity began on April 8, the first time since 1979.

St Vincent’s national emergency office said the volcano has ‘moved into an explosive state’ with plumes up to 8 kilometres high.
Jamaica Gleaner
@JamaicaGleaner
"This is not a drill!" said St Vincent and The Grenadines' Tourism Minister Carlos James, warning residents in North Leeward to evacuate amid the La Soufriere volcano threat. He also said people arriving at gov't shelters will receive COVID vaccines. #GLNRToday

[malaise]

7. Remember that the islands of the Eastern Caribbean are very close to one another

It's very cloudy/hazy and they are preparing for toxic ash