St. Vincent: The Caribbean island of St Vincent exploded in a volcano that had been lying dormant for decades. The incident that happened on Friday was so frightening that the surrounding area turned into a rain of ashes. The situation has become so bad that the local people have to flee and take refuge in other places. However, the government also asked them to vacate the area and move to a safer place.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the highest peak in La Soufriere, witnessed several powerful explosions. Due to this explosion in the volcano, hot ash and smoke spread to the height of 6 thousand meters in the air. This information is given by the local emergency management agency. The University of West Seismic Research Center said that after this in another blast on Friday afternoon, at an altitude of 4 thousand meters, clouds of ash froze.
The National Emergency Management Organization said on Twitter, ‘People in the red and orange zones continue to be evacuated. Due to excess ash falling, the process has been affected to some extent, why the visibility here is much worse. Many videos related to the case are coming out. In which it is seen that people are leaving the streets with their belongings. In another video, a young man is seen saying that stones are falling on people’s homes.
Prime Minister Ralph Gonzalves has appealed to the people to move out of the area through National Radio. He has asked people to leave the red zone of the volcano. It has also been informed that 800 hotel rooms have been prepared for the people who are escaping from the area. This volcano of 4049 feet had not burst since 1979. At the same time, more than 1 thousand people lost their lives in the 1902 blast.
