Situation Reports

On 29 th December 2020 the alert level for the La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines was elevated to Orange because of increased activity at the site The volcano has had an effusive eruption, with visible gas and steam eruption and the formation of a new volcanic dome The Volcano continues to exude magma on the surface and gas emissions can be observed from the Belmont Observatory The small crater lake has almost evaporated, and the dome has grown A UWI Seismic Research Centre team is  currently in St Vincent to support monitoring and data collection and analysis.

Read more: CDEMA Situation Report #2 - Effusive Eruption at La Soufriere Volcano, St. Vincent as of 8:00 pm...

On 29 th December 2020 the alert level for the La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines was elevated to Orange because of increased activity at the site The volcano has had an effusive eruption, with visible gas and steam eruption The small crater lake is virtually gone, and a new volcanic dome has formed An Aerial reconnaissance conducted today Wednesday, December 30 indicates that there are no significant changes at the La Soufriere Volcano since Tuesday, December 29 th, 2020 Magma continues
to ooze to the surface and the dome has increased in size.

Read more: CDEMA Situation Report #1 - Effusive Eruption at La Soufriere Volcano, St. Vincent as of 5:00 pm...

National Hurricane Centre (NHC) Update

According to the National Hurricane Center ( in Miami, Florida, as of 7 00 AM AST 1200 UTC), the center of Hurricane Delta was located by satellite images and surface  bservation inland over northeastern Mexico near latitude 21 1 North, longitude 87 4 West Delta is moving toward the northwest near 17 mph 28 km/h) A west northwestward to northwestward motion is expected over the next day or so

Read more: CDEMA Situation Report #1 - Hurricane Delta as of 11:00 AM (AST) on October 7th, 2020

THE REGIONAL RESPONSE MECHANISM ACTIONS

The CDEMA’s Regional Coordination Centre (RCC) was activated to provide joint coordination of the regional preparedness and response planning operations.

• The RCC established communications with the Participating States under threat from TS Gonzalo to gain a
  sense of their preparedness.
• The RCC commenced administrative and logistical arrangements for the possible deployment of teams.
• Meeting of the Caribbean Development Partners Group (CDPG) were convened and partners received a briefing from the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), CDEMA, CARICOM Institutions present, and the UN Regional Partners.
• CDEMA refined the regional deployment protocols for a multi-hazard scenario

Read more: CDEMA Final Situation Report - Tropical Cyclone Gonzalo as of 4:00pm (AST) on August 6th, 2020