The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is confirming a second explosive eruption happening at La Soufrière in St Vincent.

The SRC, in an update from its Facebook page, said that the situation is still dangerous, adding that a new vertical ash column is estimated to have gone four kilometres into the sky.

“Second explosive eruption observed at 2:45 pm local time. Plume could be seen from the capital. The vertical ash column is estimated to have gone approximately [four kilometres] into the atmosphere. There is no third eruption as yet – this one is still ongoing fed by successive pulses and is now estimated to have reached above 15,000m into the atmosphere. We continue to monitor and update,” the UWI-SRC remarked.

The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), in a statement, reported that the ash plume is much smaller than the morning cloud, and can be seen from NEMO Headquarters in the capital Kingstown.

The first ash cloud, which hit altitudes around 10 kilometres, was formed as the volcano burst into its explosive phase at 8:40 am on Friday, April 6.

Stay tuned for further updates.

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