La Soufrière: Perbedaan antara revisi

La Soufrière memilikimengalami lima kali letusan cukup besar selama periode sejarah yang tercatat. <ref name="CNN">{{Cite web|last=Tatiana Arias|last2=Anne Claire Stapleton|date=April 9, 2021|title=St. Vincent on red alert for 'imminent' volcanic eruption|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/08/americas/st-vincent-volcano-intl/index.html|website=CNN|access-date=April 9, 2021|last3=Steve Almasy}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|date=8 April 2021|title=La Soufriѐre Eruption 2020/2021 - Media Fact Sheet|url=http://uwiseismic.com/Downloads/LS_2021_Media%20Fact%20Sheet_Final_08042021.pdf|publisher=SEISMIC RESEARCH CENTRE, THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES|location=ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO}}</ref> Gunung api ini meletus hebat pada tahun 1718, 1812, <ref>{{Cite book|year=1822|title=The Edinburgh Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary, Volume 5|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Printed for Archibald Constable & Co., Hurst, Robinson & Co., London, and Thomas Ward, Philadelphia|pages=680–682|chapter=Souffrier Mountain|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PZkvAAAAYAAJ&q=Souffrier&pg=PA680}}</ref> 1902, 1979, dan 2021. Sebuah lukisan terkenal milik [[Joseph Mallord William Turner|JMW Turner]] yang menggambarkan letusan Gunung La Soufrière pada 30 April 1812 disimpan di Victoria Gallery & Museum, [[Universitas Liverpool]] . <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-eruption-of-the-souffrier-mountains-in-the-island-of-st-vincent-at-midnight-on-tw0352 |title=‘The Eruption of the Souffrier Mountains, in the Island of St Vincent, at Midnight, on the 30th of April, 1812, from a Sketch Taken at the Time by Hugh P. Keane, Esqre’, Joseph Mallord William Turner, exhibited 1815 {{!}} Tate BROKEN LINK |access-date=2021-04-11 |archive-date=2019-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707160612/https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-eruption-of-the-souffrier-mountains-in-the-island-of-st-vincent-at-midnight-on-tw0352 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> <ref>[https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-eruption-of-the-soufriere-mountains-in-the-island-of-st-vincent-30-april-1812-67007 The Eruption of the Soufrière Mountains in the Island of St Vincent, 30 April 1812 | Art UK]</ref> Letusan pada 6 Mei 1902 menewaskan 1.680 orang, hanya beberapa jam sebelum letusan [[Gunung Mont Pelee|Gunung Pelée]] di [[Martinik]] yang menewaskan 29.000 orang.<ref>{{ButuhCite rujukannews|date=1902-05-26|title=St. Vincent volcano is now less active (1902)|pages=1|work=The Fort Wayne Sentinel|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75773599/st-vincent-volcano-is-now-less-active/|access-date=2021-04-15}}</ref>

ZonaGunung ini menjadi zona kematian, di mana hampir semuabanyak orang yang terbunuh, akibat dari gunung ini, dan sebagian besar beradaberasal didari dalam[[Suku Karib]], penduduk asli di [[Antillen Kecil|Lesser Antilles]] di Karibia. SisaSebagian besar budayakebudayaan CaribKarib terakhir ini telah hancur akibat dari letusan gunung berapi. <ref name="Ober1907">{{Cite book|last=Ober|first=Frederick Albion|year=1907|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28U_UY_1jdoC&pg=PA375|title=Our West Indian Neighbors: The Islands of the Caribbean Sea, " America's Mediterranean": Their Picturesque Features, Fascinating History, and Attractions for the Traveler, Nature-lover, Settler and Pleasure-seeker|publisher=J. Pott|pages=375–}}</ref>

Letusan pada Bulanbulan April Tahuntahun 1979 tidak menimbulkan korban jiwa karena adanya peringatan dini sehingga ribuan penduduk setempat dapat mengungsi ke pantai terdekat. <ref name="Nature">{{Cite web|date=1 November 1979|title=The eruption of Soufrière volcano, St Vincent April–June 1979|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/282024a0}}</ref> <ref name="NYT1">{{Cite web|last=Ernesto Cooke|last2=Oscar Lopez|date=April 9, 2021|title=Volcano Erupts in Southern Caribbean|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/world/americas/volcano-St-Vincent-eruption-caribbean.html|website=[[New York Times]]|access-date=April 9, 2021}}</ref> Letusan Tahuntahun 1979 menciptakan gumpalan abu besar yang mencapai [[Barbados]], {{Convert|100|miles|km|-1|abbr=on|disp=flip}} di sebelah timur gunung berapi.

Negara [[Saint Lucia]], [[Grenada]], [[Antigua]] dan [[Barbados]], semuanya setuju untuk menerima pengungsi. Perdana Menteri [[Ralph Gonsalves]] mendorong orang-orang yang mengungsi ke tempat penampungan di tempat lain di Saint Vincent untuk mengambil [[vaksin COVID-19]] . <ref name="AP">{{Cite news|last=COTO|first=DÁNICA|date=<!--"Updated as the situation changes." After the 4/2021 eruption a fixed, final date can be used.-->|title=Explosive eruption rocks volcano on Caribbean's St. Vincent|url=https://apnews.com/article/la-soufriere-volcano-explosive-eruption-st-vincent-caribbean-1430a41cbaa02f20222b6b3e37dc2c05|agency=AP NEWS}}</ref> Menteri Luar Negeri Venezuela Jorge Arreaza mengumumkan melalui [[Twitter]] bahwa negaranya akan mengirimkan bantuan kemanusiaan dan pakar risiko. <ref name="CNN">{{Cite web|last=Tatiana Arias|last2=Anne Claire Stapleton|date=April 9, 2021|title=St. Vincent on red alert for 'imminent' volcanic eruption|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/08/americas/st-vincent-volcano-intl/index.html|website=CNN|access-date=April 9, 2021|last3=Steve Almasy}}</ref>