Nevis Tourism Tips

Tuesday January 09, 2007
By Corliss Smithen

Asthma sufferers and people with certain types of allergies are being warned to remain indoors and keep their medications close at hand today.

This advice comes in the aftermath of volcanic activity in the Soufriere Hills Volcano on the nearby island of Montserrat, which shot a large cloud of ash more than five miles into the sky during an eruption yesterday.

It is believed that the ash fall could reach Saint Kitts – Nevis, beginning last night and extending into a good part of today, hence the warning that it could cause health-related and respiratory problems.

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January 08, 2007
(AP) The volcano that destroyed Montserrat’s capital in 1997 shot a cloud of ash more than five miles into the sky on Monday, and one of the island’s chief scientists said the blast was “a warning call.”

The government has advised about 50 families on the northwestern side of the volcano’s base that their homes were at risk from flows of blistering gas and debris if the dome collapses. Gov. Deborah Barnes Jones said she would sign an evacuation order Monday making it illegal for people to remain in the area.

The blast, accompanied by increased seismic rumbling, released gases and steam from inside a lava dome that has grown rapidly over the last week, said Dr. Vicky Hards, director of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory.

“I think it was a warning call … of what it can do,” Hards said.

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