The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has decided to change the volcanic alert level from red to orange.
Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Ralph Gonsalves made the announcement earlier this morning during his daily radio appearance on NBC radio.
The last explosion at the volcano was on April 22, and La Soufriere has remained quiet since then.
An Orange alert means that there is a highly elevated level of seismicity or fumarolic activity or both or other highly unusual symptoms.
The alert level was changed from orange to red on Thursday April 8th prior to the explosive eruption of the La Soufriere volcano on April 9th.
Prime Minister Gonsalves said that even though the alert level has been changed to orange; entering the red zone still isn’t advised and is not permitted without proper authorization.
