Volcanic eruptions continue to rock island nation as people refuse to leave

singer m.i.a took to instagram today with a heartfelt post asking her fans to help the people of the island of saint vincent via a gofundme page that she has set up her post read in part as you may know saint vincent and the grenadines has been very close to my heart i wrote my first song there since going to sri lanka is out of the question for political reasons it's been my island away from my island for the last 20 years she went on to say that the devastation caused by the volcano is unlike anything the island has seen in decades abc's victor aquendo brings us the latest on this natural disaster in the caribbean saint vincent's powerful la soufriere volcano firing ash and hot gas into the sky again tuesday a reminder for those refusing to evacuate the red zone closest to the volcano this threat is far from over it is over time for you to leave it is highly dangerous to your health explosive eruptions rocking the island since friday with more expected in the coming days satellite images showing the massive eruptions from space the series of eruptions leaving roofs like this demolished these side-by-side videos captured on the same saint vincent road just three months apart showing the stark difference between the once sunny tropical island and its now ominous asheville sky this volcano spewing a high-speed hot river of noxious gas ash and rocks sometimes traveling as fast as 400 miles per hour even more dangerous than slower creeping lava there are very few structures in the world that could stand up to the forces of that material going down mountains i i started to think of if any living creatures was on my mountain plumes reaching as far as barbados 110 miles east of saint vincent it's been raining on and off in barbados since last night but it's not raining water it's raining like a mud like ash and water combined nearly 4 000 people are seeking refuge across the 87 shelters set up on saint vincent though today government officials advised the carnival and royal caribbean cruise ships standing by ready to transport residents to safety that there was no immediate need for evacuation meanwhile officials are closely watching another eruption in a tourist hot spot iceland new images of tourists crowding around the active volcano there it's just 25 miles from the capital of reykjavik the last eruption lasting 30 years the destination popular with american tourists because vaccinated visitors don't have to quarantine and in hawaii residents on edge after 34 earthquakes rocked mauna loa the world's largest volcano on sunday scientists warning interruption could be imminent requesting residents have their go bags packed and ready experts say while all this volcanic activity is noteworthy it isn't uncommon there are thousands of volcanoes around the world every one of them erupts relatively often most of the time there's an active eruption somewhere in the world so the fact that there's two or three at the same time [Music] coincidence hi everyone george stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the abc news youtube channel if you'd like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our channel and don't forget to download the abc news app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching

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Published: Tue Apr 13 2021