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April 8 (Reuters) - Residents of northern areas on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent have been ordered to evacuate homes due to a significant increase in the risk of an eruption at the La Soufriere volcano, the government said on Thursday.
Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, said people living in so-called red zones in the northwest and northeast of the island needed to leave immediately as the volcano pumped out more smoke and steam. There is now in the country an evacuation order, Gonsalves said in a message broadcast on social media.
St. Vincent s National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) said on Twitter there was now a substantial prospect of disaster due to the pick-up in La Soufriere s seismic activity.
Thousands of residents of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent have been ordered to evacuate their homes due to the imminent eruption at the La Soufriere volcano.
Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, said people living in so-called red zones in the northwest and northeast of the island needed to leave as the volcano pumped out more smoke and steam.
Roughly 16,000 people live in the red zones and will need to be evacuated, Erouscilla Joseph, director of the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center said.
Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, said people living in so-called red zones in the northwest and northeast of the island needed to leave as the volcano pumped out more smoke and steam
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Declare Evacuation Over Eruption Threat - Prime Minister Fri 09th April 2021 | 05:20 AM
MEXICO CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th April, 2021) Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves has declared a massive evacuation on the island of Saint Vincent over the threat of eruption of La Soufriere volcano.
Seismologists have warned that the seismic activity in the crater of La Soufriere shows that the volcano may start to erupt soon. I have issued an evacuation order to all residents living in the RED ZONES on the North East and the North West of the island. All residents are asked to act accordingly with immediate effect to ensure their safety and that of their families, Gonsalves wrote on his Twitter page on late Thursday.
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ROSE HALL, St Vincent and the Grenadines (Reuters) -La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted on Friday after decades of inactivity, sending dark plumes of ash and smoke billowing into the sky and forcing thousands from surrounding villages to evacuate.
Dormant since 1979, the volcano started showing signs of activity in December, spewing steam and smoke and rumbling away. That picked up this week, prompting Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves to order an evacuation of the surrounding area late on Thursday.
Early on Friday it finally erupted. Ash and smoke plunged the neighboring area into near total darkness, blotting out the bright morning sun, said a Reuters witness, who reported hearing the explosion from Rose Hall, a nearby village.