St. Vincent volcano threatens food and water supplies
St. Vincent (MNN) Some 16,000 residents living near La Soufriere were told to evacuate
on Friday following the volcano’s first explosion. An unknown number refuses to depart,
“It’s destroying everything in its path,” Erouscilla Joseph, director of the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center, told the AP following a massive blast.
“Anybody who would have not heeded the evacuation, they need to get out immediately.”
Second La Soufrière eruption
(Photo, caption courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
The ongoing volcanic activity puts essential supplies like food and water at risk. Falling ash contaminates water sources, while fast-moving lava flows wipe out citrus crops. Authorities met yesterday afternoon to discuss food difficulties, while Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves says it could take months for the island nation to recover.
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Luke MacDonald is founding pastor at Good News in the Neighborhood church in Arlington Heights, Illinois. | Facebook/Good News in the Neighborhood
Luke MacDonald, son of the controversial founder of Harvest Bible Chapel in greater Chicago, James MacDonald, launched a new evangelical church on Sunday, following claims by some that he s unfit to lead.
James MacDonald, who was ousted from Harvest Bible Chapel for highly inappropriate recorded comments he made on a radio program as well as other conduct on Feb. 12, 2019, touted the first service of his son’s Good News in the Neighborhood church on Instagram last Friday. The service was held at the Chez Hotel in Arlington Heights which is about 5 miles from Harvest Bible Chapel’s Rolling Meadows campus.
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Pastor Katie Shaw Thompson leads a Sunday service at Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin that is broadcast via Zoom and YouTube. COVID-19 forced the church to turn to the internet to continue preaching to the flock, Thompson said, adding there s no denying its reach and convenience. Rick West | Staff Photographer
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