https://electroverse.net/la-soufriere-major-volcanic-eruption-imminent-100000-ordered-to-evacuate/
A Caribbean island has issued a “red alert” and ordered an evacuation following warnings of an “imminent” volcanic eruption.

The Caribbean island of St. Vincent is now on red alert and an evacuation order has been given as the La Soufriere volcano shows signs of an imminent eruption.

Residents of St. Vincent on Thursday were told to leave their homes due to the “significant increase in the risk of an eruption.” Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, said people living in red zones –located in the northwest and northeast of the island– needed to leave immediately as the volcano continued to stir.

“There is now in the country an evacuation order,” announced Gonsalves in a message broadcast on social media. Shortly after the announcement, the roads leading out of the affected areas were jammed with traffic, with as many as 100,000 people reportedly heeding the order: