Saint Vincent suffers a power outage after the eruption of the volcano La Soufrière

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“Day 3 and everything looks like a battle zone. Sad morning with ash starting to harden on the ground due to overnight showers. Many homes still without water and electricity.” NEMO said in one of the series of tweets.

Volcanic ash has continued to fall and there are warnings of more danger.

“Pyroclastic flows” at La Soufrière could cause destruction and devastation of areas close to the volcano, according to NEMO.

The pyroclastic flows “contain a high-density mixture of blocks of hot lava, pumice, ash and volcanic gas. They move at high speed along volcanic slopes, usually following valleys,” according to the USGS, and “destroy almost everything in them. has in its path “.

The Seismic Research Center of the University of the West Indies tweeted photos taken by one of its researchers on Sunday morning of an ash-covered landscape in Sant Vicenç, using the hashtag #stilldangerous.
He published a scientific update on Twitter at 9:00 ET, saying the tremors of up to 20 minutes had continued for the previous 12 hours.

“Based on visual observations and satellite imagery, the intervals are associated with periods of explosive activity or improved ventilation,” he said.

“During these periods thunder and lightning were experienced.”

Ash had continued to fall on the island overnight and had also impacted on the neighboring islands, the Grenadines, Barbados and St. Lucia, he said. “Explosions and ash falls, of similar or greater magnitude, are likely to continue to occur over the next few days.”

Soldiers and residents are standing next to an ash-covered town in Kingstown on Saturday.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves declared a disaster alert triggered by a change in the eruptive activity of the volcano. He issued an evacuation order for all residents living in what is considered a “red zone.” Gonsalves said it could take four months to restore normal life on the island.

Authorities have said the explosive eruptions are likely to continue “for days and possibly weeks” after Friday’s first eruption emitted a plume of ash that stretched into the sky to 6,096 meters.

The eruption on Friday morning was the first of La Soufrière volcano since April 1979, according to NEMO.
“La Soufriere volcano erupted on the second Friday in April (Friday, April 13) in 1979. Four days after its anniversary it erupted again on the second Friday in April (9) in 2021,” he said. organization a Twitter.

La Soufrière is located on the largest island in the chain of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

CNN’s Patrick Oppmann reported on Havana and Claudia Dominguez of Atlanta. CNN’s Susannah Cullinane, Theresa Waldrup and Radina Gigova also contributed to this report.

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