Latest Breaking News On - Un emergency technical team - Page 1 : comparemela.com
Latin America & The Caribbean Weekly Situation Update (As of 27 November 2023) - Dominican Republic
reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Latin America & The Caribbean Weekly Situation Update (As of 13 November 2023) - Mexico
reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: UN response targets humanitarian needs, early recovery.
Title Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: UN response targets humanitarian needs, early recovery and rehabilitation following volcanic eruption
20 Apr 2021
Body
Ash fall in a community within the red zone in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. © UN Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean/Bajanpro
For almost two weeks, La Soufrière’s frequent explosive eruptions have blanketed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in ash, while pyroclastic flows consisting of dense, fast-moving pieces of solidified lava, ash and hot gas ran down adjacent valleys, scorching everything in their path.
With close to 20,000 people evacuated – approximately 18 per cent of the country’s population – humanitarian needs will likely continue to multiply with each day that passes. And just six weeks out, the fast-approaching hurricane season poses an additional threat to an already extremely vulnerable popu