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April 12, 2021

16,000 Evacuated as Volcano Erupts in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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In the Caribbean, a heavy ash fall has blanketed Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines after a long-dormant volcano suddenly began erupting on
Friday.

Robertson Henry: "People looked up, and there is this huge plume of ash
hanging in the sky, silent, deadly, dreadful, ominous."

The eruption sparked outages of water and power across Saint Vincent,
and more than 16,000 people evacuated their homes. There have been no
reports of deaths or injuries, but geologists warn the volcano could
still trigger deadly "pyroclastic flows" of lava, ash and volcanic
gases.


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