The La Soufriere volcano today commemorated her own anniversary with another explosive episode. It began at 6:30 am. Hot flows of ash, rock fragments and gas tore down the flanks of the La Soufriere volcano on the tiny Caribbean island of Saint Vincent on Monday after its most powerful explosion yet, four days after it first started erupting. La Soufriere erupted back into life on Friday after decades of inactivity, pumping dark clouds of ash some 10 km (6 miles) into the air and prompting an evacuation by sea and land of thousands of nearby residents.
No deaths have been reported so far but a roughly a third of the island is off limits and airspace remains closed while power and water supply is intermittent in some communities. Currently, there are 87 shelters with 4,568 people in and a lot are sleeping on the ground.
Some 4,568 are in private residences and number is growing as no one want to leave their houses.
We are trying to raise funds for those who are in need of your help, we ask for any assistance that you can offer.
