9: La Soufriere: Volcanic Humanitarian Crisis
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Since the 8th and 9th of April, the La Soufriere volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent & the Grenadines has been erupting consistently. There was an evacuation of over 10,000 people from the Red Zone to a safer part of the island in the Green Zone. However, recurrent eruptions and thick clouds of ash which cover a large portion of the island has traveled as far as St Lucia and Barbados; this has compounded the disastrous effects of the volcano on the people and island itself. The island is also dealing with the current Covid-19 pandemic like the rest of the world and also a recent Dengue fever outbreak. In this special episode, UnMute Now speaks with guests Dr. Rose-Ann Smith who is a Natural Disaster Management Consultant and Lecturer at the University of the West Indies (Mona Campus) and the St. Vincent Consul General in Northern Ireland Dr. Christopher Stange about the impact of this humanitarian crisis on St. Vincent and if there is a way to move forward. ** A very special thank you to Northern Ireland and UK Artist Tanaka X for our new theme music! ** Go follow and check him out on IG @TanakaX and across Social Media! Leave us a voice message on Anchor, follow, like and rate us on Apple Podcasts and across our other Podcast and social media platforms! We are @UnMuteNow on Instagram, On FaceBook www.facebookcom/unmutenow , Twitter: @unmutenow1 Email us: [email protected]
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