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An Ongoing Crisis

A man rides his bicycle along the main Black Rock road, covered with ash coming from the eruption of La Soufrière volcano in the neighboring island of St. Vincent, on the outskirts of Bridgetown, Barbados, on Sunday, April 11.
A man rides his bicycle along the main Black Rock road, covered with ash coming from the eruption of La Soufrière volcano in the neighboring island of St. Vincent, on the outskirts of Bridgetown, Barbados, on Sunday, April 11. Photo: Chris Brandis (AP)

And the crisis could keep dragging on. Experts say the volcano could keep erupting for weeks, and these eruption patterns are similar to the volcano’s 1902 eruption, which killed 1,600 people. Even after the volcano goes quiet, the ash could keep falling and recirculating around St. Vincent and neighboring islands.

“Unfortunately, the worst-case scenario is this can go on for weeks because of the changes and the dynamics of this system,” Erouscilla Joseph, director of the Seismic Research Centre, told NPR. “We have to keep monitoring the seismicity associated with the volcano and advise based on that.”

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