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Apr 12, 2024 · Soufrière, active volcano on the island of Saint Vincent, in the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which lies within the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The volcano rises to peaks of 3,864 feet (1,178 metres) and 4,048 feet (1,234 metres) north of the crater. It erupted violently.
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Apr 13, 2024 · Eruptive History. La Soufrière has exhibited a pattern of explosive eruptions throughout its history. The volcano has had five significant recorded eruptions: 1718, 1812, 1902, 1979, and 2021. In addition, a minor event occurred in 1971, altering the structure of the volcano's crater lake.
20 hours ago · A series of shorts that focuses on the stories from persons impacted by the 2020/2021 eruption of the La Soufriere volcano on the Caribbean island St Vincent...
Apr 13, 2024 · Eruptions at La Soufrière volcano have propelled ash and gas high into the air over the Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Barbados. The eruption—the volcano’s first explosive event since 1979—prompted thousands of people to evacuate. The recent bout of explosive activity began on April 9, 2021.
Apr 4, 2024 · Caribbean Island St. Vincent is covered in ash. And it keeps coming, spreading to nearby islands. Starting last Friday, after years of dormancy, the La Soufrière volcano in the north has been erupting. The World’s Anna Kusmer reports that communities have been recovering and bracing for more.
Apr 10, 2024 · Its first historic eruption started in 1995 and is still ongoing. During this eruption, the former capital of the island, Plymouth, as well as a large sector of the southern part of the island including its former airport have been devastated by pyroclastic flows and much of it is now buried beneath a thick layer of ash and mud.
Apr 2, 2024 · Beginning in December 2020 and ending in April 2021, La Soufrière Volcano produced a Volcano Explosivity Index (VEI) 4 eruption that greatly impacted the landscape, communities, and infrastructure on the island of St. Vincent. The eruption produced intense ash plumes, heavy ashfall, and pyroclastic flows down several river valleys.
