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The West and North of Barbados was hard hit by the falling ash as a result of the eruption of La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
St Lucy was particularly bad as by 11:30 a.m. it looked like 6:30 p.m. and the ash could be felt on the skin and in the eyes.
Bromefield resident Gracelyn Griffith, who in years past had issues with dust from the nearby Arawak Cement Plant, said things were much worse now.
“My knees bad so I’m staying indoors but even if I could, I would not be going out there. This makes the dust from Arawak seem like nothing. This morning it wasn’t that bad but as the day went on, it just kept getting darker. Imagine you at home during the morning and have to turn your lights on?