Around 16,000 people living on the Caribbean island of St Vincent are being forced to leave their homes, over fears the La Soufrière volcano could erupt at any moment.
Anyone who is living in what is called the ‘red zone’, which covers the north east and north west of the island, has been advised to evacuate the area with immediate effect.
Footage taken in St Vincent shows smoke pouring out of the top of the volcano, prompting the island’s emergency management office to switch the threat level to red, meaning a volcanic eruption is believed to be ‘imminent’.
The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) took to Twitter to warn St Vincent residents that there was a ‘substantial prospect of disaster’ ahead
