Activity continues at La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent
The enlarged dome at the La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent - Photo courtesy UWI Seismic Research Centre
Aerial reconnaissance at the La Soufriere volcano on Thursday showed that the effusive eruption, which began on Tuesday, is continuing. Photographs taken show that the dome continues to increase in size.
In a release, the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) said two aerial reconnaissance flights took place on Thursday. The first was carried out by the team of scientists from the UWI Seismic Research Centre as they travelled to St Vincent on Thursday morning aboard the regional security system (RSS) aircraft. However, heavy cloud cover prevented them from getting a good view of the crater.
Sleeping giant awakes
A small lava dome with fresh magna can be seen here as a black mound at the base of the existing dome in the crater of La Soufriere. (Photo Kemron Alexander, Soufriere Monitoring Unit)
by Gloriah/Dayle Da Silva
Last Tuesday, 29th December, Vincentians awoke to indications, albeit all unconfirmed, that the La Soufriere volcano was erupting.
Some citizens took to giving their versions by posting photographs and videos on social media, while many more bombarded the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) with telephone calls requesting explanation.
Towards this end, Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Ralph Gonsalves convened a press conference, Tuesday, December 29, and invited University of the West Indies experts - Professor Richard Robertson, Professor of Geology and Dr. Eurouscilla Joseph, Director of the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) The UWI St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago, to lead the conference via Zoom.
UWI seismic team monitoring St Vincent volcano
Thursday 31 December 2020
Members of the UWI Seismic Research team in St Vincent along with officials from the Vincentian government on Thursday. Photo courtesy UWI Seismic Research Centre -
The UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI SRC) sent a three-person team from the UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI SRC) to St.Vincent on Thursday to provide scientific support and monitoring of the ongoing eruption at the La Soufriѐre volcano.
In a release, the SRC said the team, comprising geologist Prof Richard Robertson, instrumentation engineer Lloyd Lynch and engineering technician Ian Juman, left Trinidad via a regional security system (RSS) aircraft.
Scientific Team from UWI Seismic Research Centre arrives in SVG
Scientific team from the UWI-SRC. From left: Ian Juman, Prof. Richard Robertson, Arvid Ramdeane, Lloyd Lynch and Corey George Social Share
A three-person team from The UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) arrived in St Vincent Thursday morning to provide scientific support for the ongoing eruption at La Soufriѐre volcano.
The team, comprising Geologist Prof. Richard Robertson, Instrumentation Engineer Lloyd Lynch and Engineering Technician Ian Juman arrived from Trinidad on board a Regional Security System (RSS) aircraft.
Seismic equipment to be used to monitor La Soufriere being offloaded from the RSS aircraft
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