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Soufrière St. Vincent volcano

Stratovolcano 1220 m / 4,003 ft

West Indies, St. Vincent, 13.33°N / -61.18°W

Current status: major eruption (5 out of 5)

Soufrière St. Vincent volcano eruptions:

2020, 1979

Typical eruption style:
effusive (lava dome extrusion) and explosive

Mon, 12 Apr 2021, 08:35

08:35 AM | BY: MARTIN

The landscape of the island is shrouded in the ash blanket from the explosions (image: @VincieRichie/twitter)

The landscape of the island is shrouded in the ash blanket from the explosions (image: @VincieRichie/twitter)

The landscape of the island is shrouded in the ash blanket from the explosions (image: @tivonnehowe/twitter)

The landscape of the island is shrouded in the ash blanket from the explosions (image: @tivonnehowe/twitter)

A heavy ash fall has blanketed the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and affecting the entire island by extremely poor visibility.
Strong ash and lapilli fall is occurring as far from the volcano as Argyle International Airport some 20 km away as National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) reported.
A fresh scoria was also present in the ash collected at Rabacca river at about 7,4 km from the volcano.
More than 16,000 residents in "red zones" were urged to evacuate.

Previous news

Mon, 12 Apr 2021, 07:54

A new deep vent formed after the first two massive eruptions on 9 April visible in the satellite image (image: @capellaspace/twitter)
An amazing recent satellite image shows dramatic morphological changes in the volcano's summit crater: the first two powerful explosions on 9 April completely destroyed the 1979 and 2020-2021 lava domes and left a new deep vent. ... read all

Mon, 12 Apr 2021, 07:09

Dense dark ash column extended towards the Barbados (image: @tonyveco/twitter)
An another vigorous explosive eruption occurred at 13:30 UTC yesterday detected by the satellite Copernicus. ... read all

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