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Apr 4, 2023 · Photo: © UN Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean/ Bajanpro. On the morning of 9th of April 2021, the La Soufrière Volcano on the main island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines erupted -filling the sky with ash and transforming the lives, livelihoods and landscape of this small Southern Caribbean nation. The effects of the eruption were immediate.
La Soufrière, a stratovolcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, began an effusive eruption on 27 December 2020. On 9 April 2021 there was an explosive eruption, and the volcano "continued to erupt explosively" over the following days, with pyroclastic flows. [4] .
- 22 April 2021
- La Soufrière
- 27 December 2020
The La Soufriere volcano on the island of St Vincent began erupting on the 27th of December at the end of 2020. On April 13th, 2021 an enormous plume of ash and smoke spewed from the crater. Over 16,000 people (roughly 40% of total population) were evacuated off the island, and many more were displaced from their homes, principally towards the ...
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Apr 24, 2021 · CNN —. For over two weeks, a volcano on the island of St. Vincent has erupted with unrelenting fury. Now, residents don’t even recognize their home. “It’s like a desert, it’s desolate ...
It is the highest peak on Saint Vincent, and has had eight recorded eruptions since 1718. The latest eruptive activity began on 27 December 2020 with the slow extrusion of a dome of lava, and culminated in a series of explosive events between 9 and 22 April 2021.
- 1,234 m (4,049 ft)
- Stratovolcano (active)
- 1,234 m (4,049 ft)
The former UNDP Resident Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Valerie Cliff and the Spanish Ambassador Fernando Nogales visited St. Vincent on November 21, 2021 to see first-hand the devastation caused by the eruption and to view progress on the ash removal. Photo: UNDP Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.
Woman standing on the roof of her house, removes ashes coming from La Soufriere volcano at Rose Hall in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on April 21,... STVINCENT-VOLCANO-EVACUATION Maxar satellite imagery of Richmond Vale after eruption of the La Soufriere volcano.
