St Vincent residents urged to evacuate after volcano eruption
by Sam Jones and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5GFMM)
Fears increase for those refusing to leave homes as La Soufriere eruptions continue for fourth day
Three days after La Soufriere volcano began to erupt on St Vincent, the eastern Caribbean island remains under a shower of ash and subject to severe water restrictions as authorities grow increasingly concerned for the safety of those who refused to evacuate.
La Soufriere, which last erupted in 1979, has been firing an enormous amount of ash and hot gas into the air since Friday morning. In the early hours of Monday, the largest explosion of the current eruption sent pyroclastic flows down the volcano's south and south-west flanks.
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