The St. Vincent and The Grenadines Association of Montreal is accepting donations to support thousands of evacuees after a volcano in the northern region of St. Vincent erupted last week, causing a humanitarian emergency. The Caribbean island has been covered in ash and molten rock since La Soufrière volcano began to erupt periodically on April 9. "I feel proud that people are answering the call, but I feel bad for the people in St. Vincent and what they're going through," Alfred Dear, president of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Association of Montreal, said. Montrealer Melissa Robertson says her family in St. Vincent hasn't had running water for nearly a week because of the volcano eruption. "[St. Vincent] is not as rich and able to do for themselves like some of the other islands that thrive on tourism like Barbados or Jamaica or the Bahamas," she said.

Source: CBC News April 16, 2021 22:41 UTC