Caribbean volcanos come alive

Scientists study activity that hasn't been observed in years as Caribbean volcanos come alive.

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• Scientists study activity that hasn't been observed in years as Caribbean volcanos come alive.

What are Caribbean Volcanoes?

• The eastern Caribbean is one long chain of active and extinct volcanoes.
• Volcanoes that have been quiet for decades are rumbling to life in the eastern Caribbean.
• Tremors, strong gas emissions, formation of a new volcanic dome and changes to its crater lake are observed.
• The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency said that scientists observed an “effusive eruption within the crater, with visible gas and steam”.
• La Soufriere, located near the northern tip of the main island of St Vincent, last erupted in 1979, and a previous eruption in 1902 killed some 1,600 people.