St Vincent’s NEMO assures La Soufriere volcano is not erupting
The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) in St Vincent and the Grenadines has assured that the La Soufriere Volcano is not erupting.
In a statement issued on Saturday, Professor Richard Robertson, the lead scientist at the UWI Seismic Research Centre, said no increased activity at the volcano.
“The heavy steaming that is coming from the volcano is due to the heavy rainfall interacting with the scorching rocks and gases, thus creating steam plumes rising from the crater,” the statement said.
This message was issued in response to concerns raised after heavy steam was seen coming from the volcano.
La Soufriere erupted effusively in December 2020 before explosive eruptions began in April this year.
The last explosion while the volcano was in its latest eruptive phase was on April 22.
According to Professor Robertson, the heavy steam is normal as whenever rainfalls and the valleys steam, this is part of what is expected in terms of residual activity at the La Soufriere volcano in the current hurricane season in the context of hot deposits and mudflows.
Professor Robertson further stated that this kind of activity does not indicate an increase in activity levels at the volcano. They do not indicate the presence of new magma at or reaching the surface or that explosive activity is about to or will occur.
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