Huge explosion rocks St. Vincent as volcano keeps erupting
The Hindu
There were no immediate reports of injuries or death, but government officials were scrambling to respond to the Monday eruption, which was even bigger than the first eruption that occurred Friday morning
La Soufriere volcano has fired an enormous amount of ash and hot gas in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcanic activity began on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent late last week, with officials worried about the lives of those who have refused to evacuate. Experts called it a "huge explosion" that generated pyroclastic flows down the volcano's south and southwest flanks. "It's destroying everything in its path," Erouscilla Joseph, director of the University of the West Indies' Seismic Research Centre, told The Associated Press. “Anybody who would have not heeded the evacuation, they need to get out immediately."More Related News
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